Klarinet Archive - Posting 000728.txt from 1995/05

From: Tom Izzo <tji@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: RE>Re- How High The Moon?
Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 15:57:27 -0400

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On Thu, 25 May 1995, Neil Leupold wrote:

> ntouch Memo 05/25/95
> Subject:RE>Re: How High The Moon? 11:34 AM
> Greg Seigel wrote:
>
> "You know, the horn player in our quintet does this on a regular basis [taking
> high notes down an octave], and I'm about ready to gouge her eyes out with an
> icepick. Does that improve her performance? Perhaps."
>
> My god, she must be really bad if maiming her with an icepick actually makes
> her sound better.
>
> "Does it increase _our_ performance? Definitely not. It will often change the
> voicing of a chord or the timbre of a line"
>
> Well yes, that's understandable. She's probably playing wrong notes since she
> may be having some trouble reading the music...
>
Instead of resorting to violience. Why don't you just replace her!

   
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