Klarinet Archive - Posting 000916.txt from 1999/10

From: avrahm galper <agalper@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Booing for slow tempo
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 03:45:50 -0400

Boos for a slow tempo?

The recent postings about the slow tempo of a piano soloist reminds me
of another slow tempo player.

It was Glenn Gould with the NY Phil playing the Brahms first piano
concerto.

Leonard Bernstein came out before the playing and told the audience that
the tempo of the interpretation was not his but Glenn Gould's.
Then Gould came out and proceeded to play the concerto at a snails pace,
the first movement at least.

There was no booing. Everyone was polite, not necessarily agreeing with
it but no booing.

That reminds me of a story of a tenor singing an aria and was applauded
again and again. He repeated the aria four or five times.
In exasperation he asked, "How many times do you want me to sing it?"
The answer came from the audience: "Until you learn it!"

Disapproval by applause.

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From: GCalzati@-----.com
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 22:23:53 EDT
Subject: Re: [donax-m] bending notes down

In a message dated 10/28/99 8:53:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
mgustav@-----.com writes:

> As an exercise to realize bending, using only your mouthpiece setup.
> Play a pitch as high as possible, then with a combination of lip
> pressure, and slightly dropping your jaw and with good support lower the
> pitch by a step and then back up.

You can experiment with the mouthpiece also by playing simple tunes on it,
like Row, Row, Row Your Boat, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Yankee Doodle, etc.
this will increase flexiblility. What mainly helps is that you know these
songs well enough that your listening for the correct pitches.

Georgette

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