 The Clarinet BBoard
|
Author: rtmyth
Date: 2012-08-10 14:54
A new review of his Leblanc, Selmer, and Ridenour pairs, plus Yamaha comments, at his website.
richard smith
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2012-08-10 18:08
Sorry, but for me at least Mr. Friedland's writing style is so disjointed, "stream-of-consciousness" and opinionated and with so little technical insight, that I get nothing out of his writings, other that finding out what is his latest object of enthusiasm. I think it's really stretching the definition of "review" to give that name to his articles.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: rtmyth
Date: 2012-08-10 20:32
don't feel sorry; your opinion is wanted, always.
richard smith
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2012-08-10 22:03
For me, Sherman is worth reading. I ignore his grammatical errors and sometimes fanciful ideas because, first, he's a *very* good player (listen to the audio tracks on his site), and, second, he tells great war stories.
Ken Shaw
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Buster
Date: 2012-08-11 03:03
I enjoy his post's to though I ve never listened too his audio clip's, I likewise find the technical critiques and opinions very good as his playing is.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: MarlboroughMan
Date: 2012-08-11 16:09
I'm a fan of Sherman's Clarinet Corner. Friedland presents an enthusiastic perspective on many clarinet related topics. For me agreeing or disagreeing is hardly the point: I find his opinions stimulating, and I enjoy reading someone who cares so deeply about these issues.
Second, I very much appreciate a voice so strong as his reminding us of the Mazzeo/Cioffi tradition. This was once a very strong school of clarinet thought, which has been a little too ignored (it's only by ignoring this and others that the myth of a "Single American School" of playing can be maintained...to the detriment of diversity and individuality).
I'm sure many students who have come across his pages have been surprised at just how many options there have been for orchestral clarinetists. Had the Internet existed in the'70s and '80s, the myth that everyone must play the same equipment, with the same strength reeds, at the same angle, like the same players, never would have been possible. His writing has undoubtedly gone a long way to correcting those fallacies.
Eric
******************************
The Jazz Clarinet
http://thejazzclarinet.blogspot.com/
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
The Clarinet Pages
|
 |
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
