Klarinet Archive - Posting 000824.txt from 2002/10

From: b5w@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] What makes the biggest difference, the horn or the player?
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 15:46:26 -0500

.....an adjunct question would be:

Do the best musicians have such a clear concept of the sound they want
that they will change their technique in order to produce this sound, no
matter the details of the instrument they happen to have in their hands?

Or perhaps they will say instead: "Hey, I'll go with the flow and
enjoy this instrument for its own sake."

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I suspect that there is truth in both attitudes.

When we discuss "sonic result", we shouldn't eliminate the possibility
that there _is_ a change in "sonic result", but the skilled performer is
counteracting it intentionally. Since (say) Eddie Daniels usually
wants to sound like Eddie Daniels, he will do so regardless of which
instrument he picks up. Perhaps other less skilled clarinetists don't
have this ability, and hence the choice of instrument makes more
difference to them.

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