Klarinet Archive - Posting 000996.txt from 1999/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] school music programs(kinda defending corps too)
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 09:33:55 -0400

At 09:28 PM 7/25/1999 -0500, Carl Schexnayder wrote:
>All of that said, marching bands don't have to be unmusical, etc. I teach
>intonation, tone production, balance, blend, phrasing, style, etc. to the
>marching band. I use our musical rehearsal time as a time to develop those
>kinds of things that will, hopefully carry over into our concert season. We
>try to have at least 25 or 30 tunes that we can play in the stands aside
>from our show music and we read much more than that, so they pick up
>sight-reading skills. I don't ever let them overblow their embouchures. I
>tell them that I don't care if nobody in the stands can hear them.if it
>sounds good to me standing right in front of them, then it's good! Of
>course, they are heard in the stands because I make sure they breathe
>correctly and support the tone.....and play with dynamic contrast, whether
>called for in the arrangement or added.
>
Your post just proves that, with marching band as with anything else, there
is a right way and a wrong way to do things. Congratulations on doing it
the RIGHT way!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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