Klarinet Archive - Posting 000662.txt from 2003/06

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <patricia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] vibrato
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 18:26:45 -0400

Dan Leeson wrote:

> Trying to prove that something is good or bad by asking someone to
> listen to what you think is good or bad, has a small chance of
> working. Its too subjective an appoach and too easily dismissed.
> Typical: "Well I listened to those recording and I think they stink."
> It's an argument that is easy to make and impossible to counter. "You
> think it stinks? Well I think you stink. And your mother wears army
> boots!!"
> And so it goes. Arguments need to be far more objective to get anywhere.

I further submit, Dan, that perhaps in such an area as vibrato, there is
never going to be a complete consensus because it is an area governed so
much by subjective opinion of what particular individuals find pleasant
to listen to. Some prefer the vibrato tied to the dynamic; others to
note length, still others have other criteria. Of course, one cannot
broaden that field TOO much, or else I will eventually find a market for
these recordings of nanny goats I have on mp3.

Patricia Smith

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