Klarinet Archive - Posting 000196.txt from 1998/03

From: Agrenci <Agrenci@-----.com>
Subj: Memorization (was Re: marching band)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 23:49:44 -0500

I think that memorization is the norm for pianists because playing while
reading the music almost invariably requires a page-turner on stage to assist.
This is not the case for clarinetists. Of course many clarinetists do perform
solos by memory. But this leads to the next reason for a lack of memorization:
most clarinetists are not trained to be soloists.

Andy Grenci