Klarinet Archive - Posting 000188.txt from 2002/11

From: "William Semple" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Methods or Studies For Improving Tone and Tonguing
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 09:54:51 -0500

HEAR HEAR!

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From: "Daniel Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Methods or Studies For Improving Tone and Tonguing

> Russell Harlow wrote:
> > REGARDLESS OF AGE-----IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT ONE NEEDS TO HAVE
AN
> > INTENSE AND PASSIONATE DESIRE TO CREATE A CERTAIN QUALITY OF TONE ON AN
> > INSTRUMENT - BE IT BRIGHT, DARK, ENGLISH, GERMAN OR AMERICAN. YOU NEED
TO
> > FIND A QUALITY THAT YOU LOVE. "HEAR IT" IN YOUR MIND BEFORE YOU PLAY A
NOTE.
> > IF YOU ARE RELAXED THE BODY WILL FOLLOW. THEN THE TECHINQUE THAT YOU ARE
> > SEEKING WILL BECOME MORE CLEAR.
> >
>
> For what it is worth, a posting that suggests that tone character can
> have attributes such as "bright," "dark," "English," "German," or
> "American" without an explicit, unambiguous description of each of these
> vague, unclear, and frequently meaningless terms does little more than
> stir up the muddy water.
>
> I state once again (as I have stated on a number of occasions in the
> past), that none of these terms are helpful to any student because (a)
> they are ephemeral and personal, (b) not descriptive of sound character,
> and (c) relics of a era when such descriptive terms were presumed to be
> clear and meaningful; i.e., simply stating them would allow a student to
> understand what it was he or she had to achieve.
>
> They (these terms used to describe sound character) are little more than
> baloney and doo-doo! It is time once again to argue that, wordwise, the
> king is wearing no clothes.
>
> Dan
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