Klarinet Archive - Posting 000301.txt from 2003/09

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: RE: [kl] Clarinetist/Musician
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:27:12 -0400

> Great voices or not, these are not
> musicians--they're simply great instruments.

Noel Taylor replied:

> What about all the centuries of music making
> in countries with a purely aural tradition rather
> than a tradition of notation

I was going to make a similar comment, except my example was going to be
the person who lived in the Tennessee hills and never saw a 'real'
musical instrument or a sheet of music, but he or she created great
music with a washboard, or a tub+stick+wire or an empty bottle, or voice
& tap dancing, or whatever.

When people produce music that draws a crowd, but without the benefits
of printing presses, modern instruments, tuners, etc.... perhaps
**they** are the true musicians?

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