Klarinet Archive - Posting 000260.txt from 2006/04

From: Tski1128@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Buffet Festivals
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:24:29 -0400

There are a lot of people that will say things like "you won't hear it in
the orchestra, or this brand of clarinet can't project in a hall". Be careful
who you listen to. Most people that offer this advice have never heard strings
up close and haven't ever been to a hall. Experience has taught me that a
good player can make just about any kind of sound on just about any
instrument. We spend too much time discussing equipment and not enough time discussing
music. In the end, all the stuff we obsess about: mouthpieces;reeds; bell,
barrels and undercutting only serve to make playing easier. Who knows what kind
of paint brush VanGough used? Who cares!

Tom Puwalski, former soloist with the US Army Field Band, Clarinetist with
Lox&Vodka, and Author of "The Clarinetist's Guide to Klezmer"and most
recently by the order of the wizard of Oz, for supreme intelligence, a Masters in
Clarinet performance

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