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Old 01-21-2008, 06:31 PM   #10 (permalink)
crowmadic
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Re: What words would you use?

Screamingmorris and rowuk gave me more of what I was looking for. SM used words and phrases like, "encourages the sound of"(and name a well known player).....or.... compared the sound to that of a different type instrument-cornet, flugelhorn, etc.. Rowuk was most useful because the horn could be chosen specifically for the word he assigned: "auburn, sexy, elegant, heaven, hell." "Thanks to all who related their answers to the sound of the horn, and not the player. I know different players, with different mouthpieces, under different conditions, can make the same horn sound radically different. Perhaps I should have said the test is done by one player w/the same mouthpiece, playing the same things, in the same way, in the same location, under the same conditions, and within a relatively close time interval.....then....how would you describe the sound of THAT HORN?.........crow
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