Klarinet Archive - Posting 000047.txt from 2004/11

From: <duffyl@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Insturmentation, balance and purpose of the ensemble; was, Appealing to the superficial
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:11:11 -0500

Dear Adam

You have made some very excellent comments, and in general I am agreement.
However, for one trumpet at FF you would probably agree one would need about
3 or 4 strong clarinetists...

As to my own experience I have recently left a wind ensemble mainly because
the balances are so lop sided towards the brass that it is wrong
musicially...

For example...this group has 9 trumpets, 5 trombones,
2 eupphoniums, 5 saxes, 2 tubas, and 5 percussion..
7 clarinets, 2 flutes 1 oboe, 3 french horns...!!!

To say in the least the balances are not great so I got outta that group
quickly. ON top of this the group is aspriing to be pro level, but with
such weird balances it is really not even a proper miliatary band.

David Dow

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