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So how good an ear do you have to be
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to be a conductor?
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How good of an ear do you have to have?
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I think you have an ear not just for pitch--
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particularly with an orchestra--
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but also for timbre, which is the property
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that distinguishes maybe an oboe sound
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from a clarinet sound.
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Of course, if you're playing a piano, then
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you can't change the timbre of a single piano note
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but if you're playing it on a clarinet
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it's going to sound very different