Klarinet Archive - Posting 000862.txt from 2000/11

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: RE: [kl] Interpreting versus playing
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 13:27:18 -0500

<><> Ed Lacy wrote:
Second, excessive movement actually can detract from a performers
ability to play at the highest level of which they are capable. If the
brain is occupied in sending numerous neural signals to the muscles
which are controlling the choreography, that detracts from its ability
to control and send the signals which are necessary for musical
performance.

This is role reversal <grin>. Instead of neural stuff, my comment
is that movement (excessive or not) can detract from constant
embouchure, precise fingering, and so forth.
As with anything else during a performance, choreography can be an
asset if done with art and skill. Those of us at ClarinetFest remember
Andrew Firth dancing and spinning down the aisle without missing a note.
This represented an extra dimension of skill that still confounds me.
If I twist my body (consciously), everything goes wrong with my playing.
The clarinetist in the gypsy band (Balogh - sp?) was another
example that I remember.

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