Klarinet Archive - Posting 000250.txt from 2005/07

From: AnneLenoir@-----.net (Anne Lenoir)
Subj: [kl] Tempo for Rose 32 Etudes #6 & #21
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:19:57 -0400

I am helping students to prepare these etudes for an upcoming audition
for chair seating and eventually for Colorado All State. The band
directors have marked #21 at a quarter=60. Isn't that a wee bit fast,
as it is counted in eighths (an 8th=120) to get all the subdivisions to
sound leizurely? It isn't a Souza march, but a lovely piece marked
Andante Cantabile. I would think that it should be an 8th=50 or even 44.
What about #6? The band directors have marked it at a quarter=104.
That also seems a bit rushed to me. I would think that 84 would be fast
enough. What's the big rush? Is anybody out there knowledgeable about
Tempos for Rose 32 Etudes? ANNIE

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