Klarinet Archive - Posting 000853.txt from 1999/04

From: avrahm galper <agalper@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] orchestral glasses
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 07:40:26 -0400

Eye glasses

Being an orchestral musician involved having special glasses for
orchestral playing.

My ordinary glasses were bifocals.
I then had to get another pair for practicing at home.
This was a pair that was halfway between the reading and distance
glasses.
For orchestra I had a pair made that the bottom was music reading
glasses and the very top were distance glasses. Bifocals in reverse,
except that the distance one was a narrow width. That's how much I
allotted to the conductor.
It was advisable not just to see a blur, or close to it. You really had
to see the conductor's facial expression also.

--
Avrahm Galper
TONE TECHNIQUE AND STACCATO
THE UPBEAT BAERMANN MELODIC SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS
http://www.sneezy.org/avrahm_galper/index.html

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe from Klarinet, e-mail: klarinet-unsubscribe@-----.org
Subscribe to the Digest: klarinet-digest-subscribe@-----.org
Additional commands: klarinet-help@-----.org
Other problems: klarinet-owner@-----.org