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Re: Gearheads

Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2022-08-09 19:23

Hi Jen,

(Responding to your post from the "Ligature For Soloists" thread http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=499259&t=499259)

I understand the usefulness of blind tests for proving specific claims about a specific piece of gear. However, what I was proposing was a bit more far-reaching than that. The discovery process - ignoring the claims about any specific gear instead of proving them/disproving them.

Problems with performing a blind test are that:

1. A player's body is non-exact in measurement, movement, placement, or muscle control (as stated - the human body is the largest part of the instrument) which could skew the findings.

2. Reed placement is personal.

There are robots capable of playing wind instruments and removing some of these issues. If (instead of discovery/learning) we're talking about proving/disproving specific claims about gear, then perhaps robots would be necessary for testing. This is why I didn't think it was practicle for our discussion here on the bboard.

3. But what about that link marcia shared? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAqL1nVQfFs You didn't comment on that. Meaning: a non-blind test and all the different ligatures sounded very similar. What possibilities can we take away from that?

Fuzzy
;^)>>>

[edit: fixed hot link]

Post Edited (2022-08-09 19:26)

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