Klarinet Archive - Posting 000154.txt from 2004/01

From: "clarinetist" <rkw@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cracks, cracks
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 07:57:11 -0500

Ormondtoby,
Scientific or not, it is a beautiful metaphor. More musicians would do well
to get in touch with the spiritual aspect of the music rather than the
technical. So many musicians can play the notes but cannot sing the song.
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From: "Ormondtoby Montoya" <ormondtoby@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Cracks, cracks

> .....the phrase that attracted my attention was "the reed excites the
> air".
>
> I was commenting that (mostly) the reed does not excite the air directly
> in the sense of impacting or battering the air molecules directly.
> Rather, the reed divides the pre-existing air flow into puffs without
> adding any extra excitation, and it is the pre-existing energy from the
> flow that is stored and released periodically in order to create
> pressure cycles (sound waves).
>
> For me, this mental image or metaphor contributes better to comfortable
> playing and to pleasing music.
>
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