Klarinet Archive - Posting 000048.txt from 2000/08

From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Body movement
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 10:39:43 -0400

Of course the esthetic of body movement are another matter. I've never
enjoyed watching a performer who swayed and moved a lot, whether it be on
the clarinet or any instrument. I find it distracting.

Stewart Kiritz

----- Original Message -----
From: "stewart kiritz" <kiritz@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Body movement

> I believe that body movements are not the problem as long as they are not
> associated with movement of the mouthpiece in the embouchure. The bad
note
> that Fred Ormand excised from his student's performance probably resulted
> from a shift of the instrument in the mouth when going over the break, or
> when clumping down a lot of fingers to play a particular note resulting in
a
> slipping of the instrument in the mouth, which disturbed the air stream
and
> produced an upper harmonic "chirp" or "crack." I am very familiar with
this
> because Howard Klug diagnosed some articulartion problems I was having as
> the result of a too- relaxed embouchure. When the embouchure firmed up,
the
> problems went away. You can often see a noticable small jerk of the
> instrument at various times if the player does not haver sufficient
> stability of the mouthpiece. You can train yourself to notice this
movement
> and get rid of it. You can also see it by looking at a mirror.
>
> Stewart Kiritz
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Wright" <Bilwright@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 5:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Body movement
>
>
> <><> Neil Leupold wrote:
> We could start a whole new thread on this, but I'm not a big proponent
> of bodily movement while playing
>
>
> At this week's master class, Fred Ormand noticed a student missing a
> particular note repeatedly and coached the student into not moving. The
> bad note disappeared instantly when the student stopped waving the
> instrument all over the place.
> As a member of the audience, I find body movements extremely (not
> just a little bit) distracting because they seldom are graceful or move
> towards completion -- as opposed to how true dance movements would
> appear.
> On the other side of the coin, most of the Klezmer and jazz
> performers at ClarinetFest (IMO) did move at appropriate moments and in
> a truly communicative manner. Especially they covered larger distances
> on the stage. Dancers don't have their feet glued to one spot on the
> stage. Swaying and waving without travelling somewhere really disturbs
> me.
> I close my eyes in extreme cases at a concert or recital so that I
> don't have to watch it -- which means that I'm missing some of the
> impact of a live performance, but this is better than being 'derailed'
> by uncomposed fits of movement.
> If I were going to start a discussion about body movements, I would
> wonder whether there is truly a difference in 'dance vs. mere release of
> nervous energy' between the movements of classical vs. non-classical
> performers.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
>
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