Klarinet Archive - Posting 001359.txt from 1998/05

From: Rodger Graham-Wilson <rgwilson@-----.au>
Subj: [kl] Golden Rules for Ensemble Playing
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 03:46:12 -0400

Dear Readers,
I was given this the other day and thought I'd share this with you.

Golden Rules for Ensemble Playing:

1. Everyone should play the same piece.

2. Stop at every repeat sign and discuss in detail whether to take the
repeat or not. The audience will like it a lot.

3. If you play a wrong note, give anasty look at one of your partners.

4. Always keep your fingering chart handy. You can catch up with the other=
s.

5. Carefully tune your instrument before playing. That way you can play
out of tune all evening with a clear conscience.

6. Take your time turning pages.

7. The right note at the wrong time is a wrong note (and vice-versa).

8. If everyone gets lost except you, follow those who get lost.

9. Strive to attain maximum NPS (Notes Per Second). That way you gain the
admiration of the incompetent=8A

10. Markings for dymanics, slurs, and ornaments should not be observed.
They are only there to embellish the score.

11. If a passage is difficult, slow down. If it's easy, speed up.
everything will work out in the end.

12. If you are completely lost, stop everyone and say: "I think we should
tune."

13. Happy are they who havenot perfect pitch, for the kingdom of music is
theirs.

14. If the ensemble has to stop because of you, explain in detail why you
got lost. Everyone will be very interested.

15. A true interpretation is realised when there remains not one note of
the original.

16. Three words of wisdom from Shakespeare for musicians:
a rest is silence (Hamlet)
My foot my tutor (The Tempest)
My kingdom for a semiquaver (16th note) (Richard III)

17. When everyone else has finished playing, you should not play any notes
that you have left.

18. A wrong note played timidly is a wrong note. A wrong note played with
authority is an interpretation.

Have fun with all you do!!

Rodger Graham-Wilson.

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