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Re: Why Clarinetists Are Geniuses

Author: abstruse_melisma
Date: 2010-09-05 08:04

To "mrn"

I realize this response is coming a few months late, but I've been out of touch with the BB lately. What a surprise after a long night of catching up to discover a thread with more than the usual talk of equipment and trade gossip!

I never would have expected glial cells to make their way into a discussion on this forum. From what I gather, they were completely disregarded in early studies of the brain. They were mainly thought of as connective tissue (neuroglia, glia meaning glue) having no bearing on neural communication. Mostly until the examination of Einstein, whose brain had actually been quartered and stolen. Only after discovering Einstein had several times the normal proportion of glial cells did they conduct real tests, proving that neuroglia actually have chemical synapses and release neurotransmitters many times faster than neurons. I think the general consensus as is that Einstein's brain, as a result, had superb internal communication, which allowed him to overcome the conceptual status quo. His thought experiments were very different from the procedures of the leading physicists of the time, perhaps due to this phenomena. At least from what little I understand. I'm not a neurologist either.

Anyway, it was nice to disprove something mentioned earlier in this thread:

"...[clarinetists] often are very bad at conversation because they know little about anything other than their specialty, and they are often not very interested either. Invariably, they are bad spellers."

It's nice to know there are others out there with diverse interests!

Sorry skygardener, that dug a little deep, being a spelling fanatic!

I'd encourage everyone to take a break now and then and pick up an interesting journal or book. Something wildly disparate from the subject of music. The brain wasn't made to be used for one purpose alone! It's not healthy! Every relationship needs a measure of space to avoid stress. Even a dream job!

Devin T.B. Langham
Clarinet Performance Major
Michigan State University
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