Author: Craig Matovich
Date: 2007-04-26 21:09
Good points... the crow is a sign post along a journey, not the destination.
I do find it is a sign post pretty close to the destination and it is very helpful.
For one thing, it keeps me from play testing the reed too early. I did that for a lot of lip-bruised years, and there are adverse consequences to one's development and embouchure.
I am very happy someone showed me a gentle approach to the crow. And naturally, playing is the final arbiter.
For fun, imagine an oboe audition where the audition starts with making a reed, but the first note played is the start of the audition...
It sounds a bit silly, but take it seriously for a moment, and really think about the information coming to us via crows and toots and suction tests and plaque tests, etc. Information is data; insight and sometimes competive advantage come from the ability to translate data into knowledge and apply it to the problems at hand.
Personally, I like the data a crow provides me and as this thread shows I can still learn more about that even as geezerhood appears on the horizon.
Post Edited (2007-04-26 22:01)
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