Klarinet Archive - Posting 000606.txt from 2001/09

From: "Steve Hartman" <sdh902@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] re: On Playing second clarinet
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 08:11:41 -0400

David Hattner wrote:

"My instincts and experience tell me to
stay in the background unless I either know the principal player and his
preferences well or unless specifically asked to play out. Also important, of
course, is to use your ears in focusing on the sound and style of the
principal player rather than on your own sound."

That's good advice.

To Bill Wright:
Perhaps your teacher was deferring to you as the composer as well as a less-experienced performer.
Try handing your duet to two "equal" clarinetists and you may find that their instincts in terms of
balance are quite different.

Steve Hartman
NYC

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