Klarinet Archive - Posting 000425.txt from 2005/01

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Tempo of Schostakovitch's "Festive Overture", band arrangement
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 02:07:07 -0500

Hunsberger said that his biggest mistake in publishing that arrangement =
was
putting the tempo on it. Even the Eastman Wind Ensemble didn't play it =
that
fast... I think we did it at about 136-140 or so.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Fifth Circle Audio
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.fifthcircle.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anne Lenoir [mailto:AnneLenoir@-----.net]=20
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 6:51 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Cc: paulaclar@-----.us
> Subject: [kl] Tempo of Schostakovitch's "Festive Overture",=20
> band arrangement
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> The nationally renown Cheyenne Mtn. HS Band under Jack Yonce will be
> performing "Festive Overture" this Friday morning, showcasing for the
> Colorado Music Educators Association. I have one clarinet student in
> this exceptional band, and she cannot play her part up to tempo. The
> band director is playing it at a half-note equals 152. I=20
> spent a couple
> of hours with my student last night "practicing" with her, with the
> metronome. We only got up to about 132, and it was a wee bit sloppy. I
> talked to the band director this morning and asked him if he wanted me
> to keep working with her until we got it smoothly up to 152,=20
> and he said
> "No, just have her work it up playing every other note. It's way too
> late to be getting it up to tempo". I thought to myself that=20
> it would be
> easier to work it up to tempo by Friday than to try to play=20
> every other
> note.
> What is a good tempo for this band arrangement anyhow? It=20
> seems like
> 138 would be more than fast enough. What's the rush? I can't imagine
> rewriting the part with every other note. ANNIE
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