Klarinet Archive - Posting 000162.txt from 2004/09

From: donna@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] re: noise, was: giving lessons in residence
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:14:34 -0400

Quoting Ed Wojtowicz <ewoj@-----.net>:

> I remember hearing an interview a few years ago with a concert
> violinist, it may have been Joshua Bell. He said that if he was in a
> hotel and wished to practice, he would turn up the TV very loud while
> he was practicing. It seems that people were much more tolerant of the
> noise of the TV than to the sound of the violin. Interesting...

That's not surprising. The TV is so ubiquitous that it's probably easier for
people to tune its sound out than sounds that are heard less often, like
violins.

I'm one of those heathens who doesn't much care for the sound of a single
violin, so the choice between a loud TV and a loud violin is a real Hobson's
choice for me....

- Donna

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