A lot of sense in there Barry. It's easy to forget, if one is struggling with the intricacies of technique, that a relatively uninformed listener will not actually give a hoot about closed or open fingering, but *will* respond to musicality on a macro-level. I have seen in more than one context that an obsession with the 'right' way of doing things on a micro-level can go hand in hand with a startling ignorance of general musicianship, as well as an unpleasant tendency to rubbish those of different persuasions in an attempt to mask a deeply felt insecurity. We all need each other to help each other see the parts of the picture that we don't see because of our individual limitations. Evangelists of all kinds can often be 'right', but usually only about the tiny bit of the picture that they know. There's a bigger picture that we can only see between us, which is why we appear to be more than one person, though actually we're not.
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