Klarinet Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 2004/11

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Insturmentation, balance and purpose of the ensemble; was, Appealing...
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:25:33 -0500

In a message dated 11/2/2004 2:52:52 PM Central Standard Time,
guiomarks@-----.net writes:
one of the flutists was of the opinion that both piccolo and e-flat clarinet
need to cut back on the volume, because the piccolo tends to go sharp when
played forte, and the e-flat clarinet tends to play flat. I've never tried the
e-flat, so I wouldn't know ... The writer of that post also thought that
less volume was called for, since the combination could easily "cut through
steel.">>

Of course it can, and is used to that effect by many composers, especially
Shostakovich.....So we're supposed to cut back in Shostakovich Symphony #5?
B.S.!!!!!!!!

Walter Grabner
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