Klarinet Archive - Posting 000111.txt from 2004/11

From: "musicv" <musicv@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Balance
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 02:04:33 -0500

I played in a community band for a while, and when the music said
fortissimo, the players often took that to mean play as loud as they
possibly could. The conductor would then gently remind them to "never =
play
louder than lovely", and that has stuck with me ever since.

Speaking of balance, my clarinet teacher played an awesome Eb clarinet. =
He
was also quite proud of the volume he could produce (but never louder =
than
lovely!). He told me about one time when the conductor of the orchestra =
(a
good professional orchestra) he played Principal Clarinet in asked to =
him to
play his Eb part a little softer because he was drowning out the =
trumpets.
I didn't quite know if I should believe him or not - although he =
certainly
could play loud. However, this past year at one of my bassoon lessons, =
my
Bassoon teacher (who is Principal Bassoon in the same orchestra as my
clarinet teacher) told me the very same story about my Clarinet teacher
drowning out the trumpets on his Eb Clarinet. So I guess the story =
really
was true!

Ginny Scarfino
scarfinv@-----.net

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