Klarinet Archive - Posting 000890.txt from 2002/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: What makes the biggest difference, the horn or
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:49:50 -0500

At 01:43 PM 10/30/2002 -0800, 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. Thus, in decreasing order of importance: embouchure,
>reed,
>mouthpiece, ligature, barrel, instrument.

Or to put it more clearly, the closer to the BRAIN it is, the more
important it is, which includes the fact that the players conception (in
the brain) is absolutely PIVOTAL to the sound.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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