Klarinet Archive - Posting 000675.txt from 2004/11

From: "DWH" <dwh46@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sandpaper vs. Reed knife
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:45:51 -0500

Agreed, and well-put. This whole string has me doing what so many of the
discussions on this list do...thinking about ALL the different thoughts,
techniques and such I heard and saw from teachers over the years, sorting
out what I remember working and what didn't. It's easy to discard a process
that 'works' to try a new one. But then it's just as easy to forget to go
back to what worked by continually trying new things. It does make me
thankful I have always been a note-taker, and was constantly writing things
down during lessons, and that I kept all those notes.

Don Hatfield

> You won't be surprised to know that I couldn't agree more:-)
>
> As an aside, the argument I snipped explains why we find it difficult to
> 'copy' a violin made by Stradivarius. Clearly he couldn't have been
> following just one template -- because no one piece of wood is like
another,
> particularly in the way it vibrates.
>
> So his instruments are all subtly different, even though they are all
> superlative.
>
> His was a much more sophisticated expertise. We might do worse than try
to
> follow his example.
>
> Tony
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