Klarinet Archive - Posting 000351.txt from 2004/07

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: clarinet to saxophone
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 13:10:16 -0400


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ormondtoby Montoya" <ormondtoby@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 12:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] re: clarinet to saxophone
> [snip]

> Perhaps another factor (????) is that most jazz groups are small and
> don't have the 'acoustic horsepower' to overpower the personality of a
> particular auditorium, whereas a full symphony orchestra does.
> Therefore it's reasonable to ask (say) a large string section to play
> louder or softer in order to compensate for some quirk of the concert
> hall, but with a jazz trio, individual instruments need electronic help.
>
> ??????

At every jazz concert that I have attended (my husband is a fan), even the
small groups are so loud when mic'd that even though we sit in the back, we
still have to wear earplugs to cut the volume down to a bearable level.

Dee

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