Klarinet Archive - Posting 001163.txt from 1999/04

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: Loud Brass
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 21:04:34 -0400

Bill wrote:
William Fogle" <bfogle@-----.org>Subject: [kl] section deafness
David N. wrote:"There are two sides to a trumpet player's personality.
There is the one that lives only to lay waste to the woodwinds and strings,
leaving them lying blue and lifeless alongside the swath of destruction
that is the trumpet's fury. And then there's the dark side."I do wonder (as
a person who has now been at exactly two orchestra =rehearsals in his life)
whether anyone has had the experience of not =hearing his or her own
clarinet and as a result "losing" the tone and even @-----.
Group newbie speaks.
Bill Fogle
Washington, DC

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I played at a Music Festival sitting directly in "the line of fire" of
Charles Schluter (Princ. Tpt. Boston Sym.). We played LaMer, and when the
Brass got loud, it was truly scary. I thought he was going to knock the
stand over from the sheer power. I had to comb my hair afterwards ;)

David Blumberg
playit@-----.com
http://www.mytempo.com
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