Klarinet Archive - Posting 000108.txt from 2008/01

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: legato, myths, creeds
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:14:46 -0500

On 7 Jan, "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.com> wrote:

> > I have to say that I'm extremely surprised that anyone would doubt that a
> > legato between two notes is achieved by matching their dynamics and
> > tone-colours, and eliminating any gap between them.
> >
> > What else could it possibly mean?

> There are many ways to connect two notes and as you have mentioned in some
> of your posts, many different and subtle ways to connect notes in a
> "legato" style.

Well, OK, that's true. I suppose I thought we had a larger problem on our
hands. How to achieve 'pure' legato, 'as connected as possible', and the
role of fingers, address and support in that, was what I'd thought we were
talking about.

Tony
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