In a message dated 24/06/2007 02:51:41 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
"The French and German bns. sound so radically different that IMO they ought to be considered different instruments." Generally this is probably true, but a great deal can be done by the player. I have a french friend who is a professional bassoonist in a french orchestra. He plays the basson. When we first met on a gig we talked about his instrument. This was obviously not the first time he had been challenged on this and he reckoned that in blind tests most people mistook his instrument for the fagott - when he wanted them to. He could still play in the light french style, but, when necessary, could also produce the bigger german sound. I should add that this was some 10- 15 years ago. Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
