Klarinet Archive - Posting 000667.txt from 2003/06

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] vibrato
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 18:26:50 -0400

I agree Patricia. It is not until one of the vibrato fist fights breaks
out on KLARINET (as they do periodically) that I realize how unformed
the clarimet community is in terms of reaching any kind of a concensus.

I add that I find much of the criticism about using vibrato to be
unworthy of us. When Kell came to the US after WW2, he was the most
astounding player I ever heard and he scared the hell out of the rest of
the American clarinet playing community. The way he was attacked was
with his use of vibrato, and it was a shame how this stunning player was
vilified for little but playing brilliantly. But it was his vibrato that
was attacked, and often visciously.

Dan

Patricia A. Smith wrote:
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> Dan Leeson wrote:
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>> 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.
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> 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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