Klarinet Archive - Posting 000799.txt from 1998/04

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: re:circular breathing
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 21:20:26 -0400

As to circular breathing:
The pauses that take place in a piece of music are as important as the
actual notes being played. Music needs breaths, bows, phrases. To circular
breathe at the expense of the musical line being a tremendous run on like
is mentioned in a previous posting, and used in this sentence; is bad.
But, used effectively, like John Cohler in his recording of Paganini's
Perpetual Motion - is artistry!
If you want superhuman, listen to Neidich play the Francaix Concerto live.
David Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html