Klarinet Archive - Posting 000305.txt from 2005/03

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] The Test
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:46:16 -0500

So far, I've gotten a lot of advice, some of it very good, some
of it no good. But only one perseon, and he half-heartedly, has
said, "I'll take the test." During the discussion is was "I'll
take your test in a heartbeat."

My reaction thus far, is that those who are convinced that there
really is an identifiable German sound are not responding to the
challenge or rising to the occasion.

If this situation continues, that will be a meaningful piece of
evidence. (It's like the joke about a woman who married an IBM
salesman, and he spent the entire wedding night telling her how
great it was going to be.)

So do something. My mp3 files are now at 17. When it gets to
20, I'm announcing the opening of the contest, when entries will
close, and get ready to fire the first shot.

Speak up now or don't ever tell me that you can identify a German
sound.

And for the party who told me about Eddie Brunner (a wonderful
player by the way) playing on a Boehm system, I don't remember
any qualifications about "German sound except for German players
using a Boehm system. What I heard was that there was an
identifiable German sound. Just being born in downtown
Dusseldorf gave it to you. It was in the air like the plague.

Now all of a sudden there are qualifications??

I am selecting the players with the intent of avoiding that kind
of complication. If I say that I have selected a German player
you can be sure he will have a dueling scar. If French he will
have a moustache and two mistresses. If an American he will live
in Texas, have "the biggest sound in all America," and be against
abortion. If he is Russian he will drink an entire bottle of
Vodka before playing Brahms 1. And if he is Italian, he will play
everything on a B-flat clarinet that descends to a low e-flat.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Philp [mailto:tom.philp@-----.au]
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 3:22 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] The Test

Good morning All,

Just felt the need to suggest that it might be handy to consider
how you will quantify the results of this survey. That is, if the
participants get an average of 10/20 or 12/20 or 15/20 etc does
it prove or disprove either side's argument? Won't there always
be an element of doubt that sees the debate continue "ad
infinitum".

So,I believe it would be helpful if you also ran a control group
of interested persons. Perhaps there are some respondents who,
while interested in the debate, do not profess to have a firm
opinion either way. They could provide a set of survey responses
that could act as a control.

Hopefully, this would provide a means of measuring the results of
those who have a firm opinion on the topic. And so, a better
basis for interpreting the final survey results should be
possible.

Just a thought.
Cheers,(and seconds out,keep your punches above the belt, protect
your heads, and come out fighting on the bell).

Tom

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