Klarinet Archive - Posting 000078.txt from 2005/04

From: "Margaret Thornhill" <clarinetstudio@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Slow fingers (reply to Tony Pay)
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 20:13:09 -0400

Tony, I am one of your biggest admirers, and it wouldn't matter to me how
you do what you do.
Sure, if a player doesn't know what he wants, or isn't listening, or doesn't
know what to listen for, discussion is moot.

However
1. not everyone is a natural
2. sometimes--frequently, in fact-- even people who are naturals are helped
by reflecting on how they do what they do (I think I fell into this
category, fingerwise)

With respect, your comment "legato of varying degrees" means nothing to me.
Do you mean a clarinet equivalent of portamento? Do you --in any substantive
way--move your fingers differently for Brahms than, for example, Copland?

And since you asked, in Rosario Mazzeo's spare time he was a damn good
clarinetist, photographer and amateur ornithologist. He also really liked
people.

Ciao,

Margaret Thornhill

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