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From:  John Link <johnlink@n...>
Date:  Wed Jan 2, 2002  6:03 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Regarding the Am I a tenor or bass-baritone question

mike wrote:

> but it's always 'that's miles' playing a trumpet, the same trumpet anyone
>else can pick up and the distinction between miles and chet baker is a fine
>distinction in their use of the same instrument.

Well said. I agree completely. Miles and Chet could play each other's
instrument and we'd still recognize each of them, rather than their
instruments. Pat Metheny has said that he sounds like himself
regardless of the guitar he plays or the strings on the guitar.

> which reminds me, voices
>start off as different instruments.

And then through training and categorization we attempt to make them the same?

John Link

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