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Re: Clarinets, Symphonies and Tone Sensitivity

Author: Windy Dreamer
Date: 2018-11-28 06:11

Hi Paul
It is interesting that you brought up the piccolo.Normally they terrify me almost as much as the violin. Despite my fear of them I spent half an hour listening to one played loudly on a subway staircase landing . I sat about 8 feet away without fear.
The player was severely mobility and dexterity impaired. A few years before he concluded Canada needed more appropriate live music in public places and he needed more than Canadian disability support.He decided to become a busquer. He spent one year studying music and musical instruments.During that time he also addressed every musical issue that concerns me, including high frequency tone sensitivity.He spent the following year learning to play. He chose an 18th century piccolo due to its lower upper range and ease of play for him. His entire repertoire is comprised of a single 12th century composition that is virtually unknown and takes over 20 minutes to play.He chose it to silence cruel critics that cannot criticise his performance because they have no standard to compare it to and because most listeners dont linger that long. In our discussion he pointed out his belief that no compostion or instrument is injurious of itself to the tone sensitive listener. Injury results from art and style of play or the lack of it.His beliefs were verified by my ability to wholly enjoy his performance for half an hour.

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