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Re: Good player crappy instrument?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2015-01-14 12:03

locke9342 wrote:

> I just really want to see
> someone who says " A good musician can make any reed sound
> good" put up or shut up.
>

That's an extreme version of the position a lot of us take toward equipment and I think overstates the case. What *is* often said and is IMO true is that a skilled player will sound like himself no matter what equipment he's playing. This doesn't mean the quality of the playing will be the same, only that the character will be consistent for a specific player.

The whole point is that using Ricardo Morales's equipment will not make you sound like Morales and giving Morales an entry level clarinet with its stock mouthpiece will not leave unrecognizable the character of his tone, articulation or musical style.

No one plays as well on "crappy" equipment as he does on his first choice of setup. If anyone were to do this as a challenge, it would be to show that a good player can make plausible music on any equipment - not necessarily great music or his best performance.

Karl

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