Klarinet Archive - Posting 000021.txt from 1998/10

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re:Dynamics
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 15:09:00 -0400

Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 00:02:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nicholas Yuk Sing Yip <nyip@-----.edu>
Subject: playing loud and soft
I feel like asking this out of the blue but anyway. Just yesterday my
teacher asked me to play loud and I played loud, however that was not
enough for him so I played louder. I thought that the first time I played
loud was too loud because I have played that loud before in ensembles when
asked for "forte" and the conductor has said that was too loud. My teacher
then asked me to play soft so I played as soft as I could and he said that
was too soft, so I played a little louder. Before, when I played this loud
the conductor considered this "forte".
What is considered loud and what is considered soft?

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"Ahhhh Grasshopper, when you know what the meaning of 'Solo Piano', then
you will know......" (said in the voice of the old master in the 70's
series Kung Fu)

When there are many on a part, the volume of each individual player must be
decreased. The soloist must project the sound. The term "Solo Piano" means
to project the sound, even though the part is marked "p". Soft, but heard..

David Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html
http://www.ricoreeds.com/ricoart/blumberg.html

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