Klarinet Archive - Posting 000039.txt from 2000/08

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Body movement
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 07:21:46 -0400

How about leaning forward to turn over the page?
The problem is to do with reconciling the dimensions of the instrument,
the chair, the music stand and the knees.
Roger S.

On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Neil Leupold wrote:

> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 03:09:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Body movement
>
> --- Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk> wrote:
>
> > But you also have to be absolutely sure it won't slip on the floor,
> > which was the problem I had.
>
> What type of physical movements are you making that would make you fear that
> the peg will slip? We could start a whole new thread on this, but I'm not a
> big proponent of bodily movement while playing, be it on bass, soprano, or any
> instrument really. Achieving a state of consummate physical relaxation while
> playing naturally involves reducing (if not eliminating) the type of swaying
> and jolting motions that I often see in players. It is more often a sign of
> misdirected nervous energy than an expression of emotive passion. Like any-
> thing else, it takes time and practice to learn to hold oneself still if you
> have the habit of rocking back & forth or moving the instrument up and around
> while playing.
>
> When I think of effortless expressive playing, an image appears in my mind's
> eye of Ricardo Morales playing the opening recital at ClarinetFest '95 in Tempe,
> AZ. He just sort of stood there, as if waiting for a bus to arrive, except he
> was holding a clarinet and producing the most incredible performance of the en-
> tire festival. It looked like he wasn't trying at all, and part of that impres-
> sion was generated by the fact that he was so physically relaxed. All of his
> energy was being directed into the type of effortless control to which we
> should all aspire. Somebody used the expression, "...as if he were taking a
> walk in the park" to characterize Carbonare's performance at this year's Fest
> in Oklahoma. As I've said to fellow players over and over again, "You know
> why it sounds so effortless? Because for these players it IS."
>
> Neil
>
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