Klarinet Archive - Posting 000342.txt from 2004/11

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] pitch standard
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:29:38 -0500

In a message dated 11/8/2004 3:59:33 PM Central Standard Time, jhf@-----.gov
writes:
It was interesting, that any time the conductor mentioned pitch, it was to
> tell people that they were flat, never sharp. I guess we get what we ask
for?

My implication was, of course, that a highly trained and experienced
conductor should know better. This one does not, as a result, his orchestra sounds
bright, but also brittle and shrill. AT least to me, anyway.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com
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