Klarinet Archive - Posting 000626.txt from 2003/05

From: Jimmy Lee <jrlaudio@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] something a little different for marching band...
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 07:53:42 -0400

Do marching bands play music!!
Jimmy Lee

Samantha McDaniel wrote:

> I'm drum major of my college marching band, and I agree with David on this
> one. With clarinets in general, you are just playing to the grasshoppers
> when it comes to marching band. I don't think it would be any different
> with the e-flat clarinet. E-flat clarinets are extremely hard to tune as
> well, and unless they have an outstanding ear, I don't think I would let a
> high schooler play E-flat clarinet. The concept of blend is extremelly
> important in any ensemble, especially marching band. An E-flat clarinet
> would not fit into a typical timbre of the marching band. There are even
> some band directors that don't allow bass clarinets, tenor and bari saxes in
> their marching bands, just because it doesn't fit the timbre that they are
> looking for. They want more brass and percussion, and less woodwinds. On
> top of that, it wouldn't just be one E-flat clarinet, it would have to be a
> section of E-flat clarinets in order to achieve outdoor blend. A lonely
> E-flat clarinet player will never be heard.
>
> ~SAM~
>
> >From: "David S. Naden" <dnaden@-----.edu>
> >Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> >To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> >Subject: RE: [kl] something a little different for marching band...
> >Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 15:21:48 -0700
> >
> >Rebecca--
> >
> >First, just because you may own a certain instrument does not mean that
> >your
> >director has to allow you to play it. Your band director determines the
> >instrumentation that is best for the entire group and scholl--not the
> >student. In many cases, band directors do not even use Eb clarinets in
> >marching band, as the parts are often not necessary.
> >
> >Second, your desire to play Eb may be admirable, but your tone comes across
> >as self-serving, and as NOT being a "team" player. Marching band is
> >essentially a "team" sport--the sum of ALL the parts make the whole. Your
> >director's decision to not have you play Eb is probably a combination of
> >several factors: the needs of the band as a whole, the needs of your
> >director, and a reflection of your strengths on Bb clarinet.
> >
> >Just food for thought...
> >
> >David S. Naden
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Rebecca Brennan [mailto:rjbrennan1221@-----.com]
> >Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 8:31 AM
> >To: klarinet@-----.org
> >Subject: [kl] something a little different for marching band...
> >
> >
> >For the past year I have been thinking of ways to make my band dictator
> >allow me to play the Eb clarinet in marching band. He has said no, no, and
> >no...
> >
> >I want to do something a little different. I'm thinking if I own my own Eb
> >clarinet that he would have to allow me to play it. I am looking for
> >something of a low price and is durable enough for marching band but with a
> >sound qualified for all-state.
> >
> >I would settle for a green Eb. Do they make colored Eb clarinets?
> >
> >-Rebecca
> >
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