Klarinet Archive - Posting 000015.txt from 2000/04

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: info and judgement-- was Reed Vibration
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 16:43:28 -0500

Ann wrote:
>Are you talking about Community Orchestra players?
For someone who has a great deal of information and knowledge and
ability, this comment is a Cheap Shot.
People who sneer seem insecure about their own abilities.
And in a public forum that includes community orchestra, band and all
levels of serious amateur players and musicians, I don't know why you
seem to be insulting some of the very people who are buying your
accompaniments.
Anyone can have an opinion, though some are more qualified than others.
Much of the same idea can be expressed as observation and information.
Information is useful and lasts longer.
an example...
student plays a classical passage with edgy, loud sound.
as a teacher, I can say, " I don't like your tone, it is too harsh."
or I can say, "This section sounded angry. does that fit the music? is
that what you want to
express?"
another example:
comment from musician in audience after performance, "That was a great
effect when you answered the cello solo, almost inaudible."
Very interesting, because I didn't intend to be that soft. And I played
some passages
differently after that. And I was more open to the comment because it
was intended as a compliment, and much more informative than 'you played
well'.
and:
I wondered if I was in balance, or even audible in a tune during a
Dixieland section. So I asked ahead of time for a buddy to tell me if he
could hear the clarinet in that section.
His answer, "yes, I could hear the clarinet 6ths to the trumpet."
Information. Great stuff.
annhall on the soapbox...
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Ann Satterfield
clarinetist and teacher

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Ann - you don't get my point.
He made a statement that it seemed directed at Professional Orchestral
Clarinetists, and I disagreed. That was all. Was not meant at all as an insult.

David Blumberg
music@-----.com
http://www.mp3.com/mytempo
http://www.mytempo.com
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