Klarinet Archive - Posting 000110.txt from 1998/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Marching band
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:44:51 -0400

On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Bill Hausmann wrote:
> him. A couple of hundred brass players can play MUCH louder than an
> orchestra, and, by reducing the number playing, can get quite soft.
> Quality was not an issue, only range. But, yes, a marching performance CAN
> be very moving, too, but usually not in exactly the same way as "deeper"
> music. (duh!)

But not as soft as strings......or woodwinds for that matter. I think
that was the person's point......not the kinds of instruments used -
rather the colors/volumes/dynamics available to brass/percussion.

> I must respectfully disagree with your first statement here. But beyond
> that, of course marching band does not rank "above" concert bands or
> orchestra MUSICALLY. It's the extra-musical parts that give it the most value.

What extra musical parts are available that are uniquely musical that a
marching band has that a concert band does not?

Roger Garrett
IWU

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