Klarinet Archive - Posting 000060.txt from 2004/11

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Insturmentation, balance and purpose of the ensemble
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 16:29:32 -0500

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 13:12:42 -0400, <duffyl@-----.ca> wrote:

>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.
>
>

Assuming you can get the trumpets to turn their volume controls down, I
don't see the problem here. In a perfect world, I'd rather see a few
more flutes, another tuba, and at least one more french horn, but on the
whole, that is a relatively balanced group.

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- Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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