Klarinet Archive - Posting 000632.txt from 2002/11

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Dark Sound - Famous Players
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:57:40 -0500

GrabnerWG@-----.com wrote:
> Regarding the use of the adjective "dirty" to describe tone quality.
>
> Dan, you violate your own principals. "Dirty" is no more precise a term than "dark".
>
> Walter

But Walter, I am not proposing that there is some mystical, universal,
and agreed to understanding of dirty with respect to sound character.
Nor am I proposing that it is a good thing to achieve and would,
therefore, have to be prepared to describe seriously how to achieve it.
It is my personal interpretation of a particular person's sound, and I
did not propose it as a standard.

It is you, on the other hand, who is one of many who suggests that a
dark sound has some general and universal meaning that is clear to all,
and, as you know, I think that it is offered to all as adopted clarinet
terminology but is really a vague idea gone amuck.

I argue against dark because I think it has no meaning. My effort is
serious, though you are welcome to perceive it as being misguided. You
argue against dirty simply because you are trying to bust my balloon. In
effect, I question your motives because your inquiry is not serious.

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