Klarinet Archive - Posting 000806.txt from 2001/09

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tenuto as force
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 16:46:40 -0400

David B. Niethamer noted re string bowings:

<<<this violist also said that a series of notes with tenuto markings are
usually played with changing bow direction, giving more separation
and emphasis than dots under a slur, which are "pulsed" by the bow in the
same direction.

It's this sort of attention to detail that allows string players to hold
up a rehearsal for minutes on end discussing changes in the bowing!! ;-)>>>

. . . funny, we never spend time in rehearsal discussing which way to
tongue! [Articulation in general does merit discussion, however.]

Here in Seattle, "bowing" is a company that makes airplanes. The string
folks seem to talk about it all the time, though, even if they don't work
there.

kjf

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