Klarinet Archive - Posting 000701.txt from 2004/10

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] K622 - to beat or not to beat
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 15:12:26 -0400

Adam Michlin wrote:

> I'm tempted to say if:
>
> If you like it, listen to it.
> If you don't like it, don't listen to it.
>
> I guess I'm not as concerned with distinctions as I used to be. Is
> this good or bad? I'm not entirely sure.
>
>
No judgments as to "good or bad", just making a distinction between
transcription and arranging, which, to my mind are two different things.

I do respect where you are coming from with this, which is to say, that
sometimes you do what you must to get students' attention, short of
dropping a Steinway concert grand on them. (Out of tune, of course)

Somehow, as one who has been forced to attempt a classical saxophone
sound, and could not produce such successfully, and has heard someone
who DID produce such VERY successfully, I don't find orchestral use of
saxophone the travesty most find it to be. Much of that has to do with
the skill of the performer, which, if you listen to what is in the
classical sax world today, is in great abundance.

Good or bad? "Beats" me. ;-)

Patricia Smith

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