Klarinet Archive - Posting 000847.txt from 1998/10

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Three Pieces (fwd)
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 19:33:00 -0400

On Mon, 19 Oct 1998 13:26:06 -0400 (EDT), hschen@-----.edu said:

> > By the way, surely someone can do better with the 'mf' question than
> > what's been suggested so far!
>
> I hope this does not sound too silly: The intensity is building up
> gradually through out the three, the first one is the most soft, the
> third is the most bright and intense. The 'mf' in the second piece
> perhaps points out the position of this piece in the whole work.
> Although those spots are the most intense in the second piece, a more
> intense number three is yet to be played (by a Bb clarinet!).
>
> Hsuan-Yi Chen

Not at all silly, in my opinion: for me, this is the 'right' answer.

Another way of saying it as a general principle is to notice that we
need always to look at the largest context in order to make decisions
about the smaller ones.

In this case, it's about dynamics. I asked some other questions in the
hope that they would lead everyone to look at other sorts of context.

Tony
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