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Author: Kalashnikirby
Date: 2021-06-27 15:34
Thanks Karl for sharing your thoughts on this.
Indeed a professional might have to focus on that one instrument, which could be explained by the never ending stive for perfection in classical music. Yet there are a few exceptions. Who would've thought that Nicholas Baldeyrou also plays the french horn? https://youtu.be/BInZvI_wbjs
I couldn't help but to sense a certain clarinet-ish sound - not that I'd mind! In contrast, would anyone have been able to tell that he also plays a brass instrument only knowing his (fabulous) bass clarinet performances?
Maybe a musical education should be aimed at teaching the student the means of expressing themselves (and the music they play) through *a* instrument, rather than tieing them to *this one* instrument. Then again, this would probably make music a very central part of one's life.
From my experience (being an amateur) many people told me "this or that won't work" - maybe just out of spite I tried even harder because of that. So I really appreciate what you have to say after decades of experience. I might actually buy a clarinet method to remind myself of the basics. Though so far I can say that breathing, articulation and tongueing are much more similar then I'd have expected.
Post Edited (2021-06-27 15:55)
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Kalashnikirby |
2021-06-26 15:40 |
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kdk |
2021-06-27 00:33 |
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Kalashnikirby |
2021-06-27 15:34 |
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