Klarinet Archive - Posting 000856.txt from 2002/10

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: [kl] What makes the biggest difference, the horn or the player?
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 08:17:41 -0500

Tim Roberts wrote,
>It is been asserted on this list that the impact of any
>particular factor on a player's sound is inversely
>proportional to the distance of that factor from the
>player's mouth.

Other list members' objections notwithstanding, there's at least one
situation where that assertion is demonstrably true: The farther the
clarinet is removed from proximity with the clarinet player's mouth, the
worse the clarinet will sound next time it's played. The theory of harmonic
resonance enters into this equation, too: The more time elapses with the
clarinet remaining at a distance from the clarinetist's mouth, the more
pronounced this effect becomes.

Okay, I'm being facetious, but in the service of the point that the one
factor overwhelming all the others in importance is the amount of time we
spend (or not) on alert, thoughtful practicing.

I think I'll work on banshee noises today. ;-)

Happy Hallowe'en!
Lelia

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