Klarinet Archive - Posting 000066.txt from 2008/04

From: "Rien Stein" <rstein@-----.nl>
Subj: Re: [kl] Schubert 8th Symphony - 3/4 or 6/8?
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:06:44 -0400

Martin Baxter wrote

>>
When doing "America" with an inexperienced band I beat two with the
LH and and 3 with the RH using the size of my beat as a volume
indicator. It is really very easy to do -try it.
<<

Very interesting, but when I tried to do it, couldn't. Maybe if I try it
more and harder ... but why?

By chance the band I conduct has played "America" recently. To the
50-plussers "America" posed no problem, to some "youngsters" it did. Thus
during the first rehearsals I conducted it in 3 and 2, and it worked well,
and when after some rehearsals I started to conduct in two beats only it was
no problem to anyone anymore.

Then we had "Rikudim" on the stand, and in the 5/8th meter it had to start
all over again.

Ciao

Rien

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