Klarinet Archive - Posting 000751.txt from 2004/08

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: [kl] 'Scrutinized'
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:56:39 -0400

On 28 Aug, "Bryan Crumpler" <crumpletox@-----.com> wrote:

> From: Tony Pay <tony_pay@-----.uk>
>
> --- Bryan Crumpler <crumpletox@-----.com> wrote:
>
> > > ...I was even scrutinized once in a competition requiring the Debussy
> > > for having played a Cb both in that measure AND 2 after 7 - among other
> > > things that vary by edition.
> >
> > What does being 'scrutinised' entail? It sounds most unpleasant to
> > undergo, even amongst the many other undoubtedly unpleasant things that
> > may occur to one in a competition -- like 'not winning', for example.
> >
> > Tony
>
> I'm willing to bet most people don't find it constructive to render
> nit-pick comments for incidental
> errors/differences/mistakes/whatever-they-may-be to the effect of "measure
> 14, beat 4, wrong note" or "2nd page, bar 3, different articulation". If
> there are larger issues at play, like playing in the wrong style, lacking
> musicality, lacking connection with the audience, balance and projection...
> okay... fine - then the performer really has some work to do. But those
> other sorts of comments do nothing more than fill up blank space on a page.
> Makes you wonder if the judge(s) is/are really absorbing the "performance."
> And for something like this questionable Cb in the Debussy, it didn't
> exactly detract terribly from the performance, so I don't know why that was
> so pertinent for particular judge to make a big hooplah out of it in the
> comment sheet when the competition transpired.

I suppose it's a question of whether you think that a judge might take those
things into account when evaluating your performance as a contender for
winning the competition; or on the contrary, that what he wrote was just to
inform you both what he thought was correct -- and to prove he was listening.

The thought that there might be a musical world where a respected player
would actually penalise you for such things is almost impossible for me to
imagine. It wouldn't happen 'over here', and I very much doubt that it would
happen 'over there' either.

But if you have hard evidence, please enlighten me.

Tony
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