Klarinet Archive - Posting 000112.txt from 2010/09

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] breathing problems
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:31:44 -0400

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net> wrot=
e:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jennifer Jones
>> Subject: Re: [kl] breathing problems
>>
>> >> The bonades I saw were all inverted with a plate. =A0I guess the plate
>> >> could be placed by the screw to make it non-inverted. =A0Dodn't know
>> the
>> >> Gigliotti.
>> >
>> > They are actually rails. =A0The non-inverted variety has them on the
>> screw side.
>>
>> I was looking at a plate.
>
> Then we are not talking about a Benade. =A0Some Rovners have a plate,
> particularly the Eddie Daniels model (now called something else, but
> otherwise identical).

What I meant was: I was looking at a ligature with a plate on the side
opposite the screw.
http://www.rovnerproducts.com/eddie_two.htm

> I think it is possible to remove and reverse the
> screw mechanism on the Rovners to make them "left-handed."

Now that you mention it, I think I've done that.

[snip]

>> So, why have more than one mike for a band?
>
> Why even one? =A0A 15-piece band should be able to carry the load even in=
a
> fairly large venue.

Well, if you have a vocal piece, I would imagine that a mike would be
useful. Is it possible to use Tony Pay's cocktail party model to get
a vocalist heard over a band with saxophones and brass?

[snip]

>> > If it needs amplification to cut
>> > through the din of the background, the problem is not the sax, but
>> the background.
>>
>> Not necessarily. =A0Whether everyone else should be quiet for a soloist
>> depends upon whether the time for the solo is appropriate in the view
>> of the group. =A0This could lead to conflict the soloist may need to
>> make an argument to convince the group that it is appropriate for them
>> to solo.
>
> ??? =A0The solo occurs where it SAYS it does in the chart, and the bandst=
and
> is no place to argue about it. =A0Anybody playing backgrounds should KNOW=
that
> and adjust accordingly, or find another group.

Good point. I am not sure what I was thinking there.

>> What about saxophones vs. trumpets?
>
> What about them? =A0When a trumpet solos, the saxes tone down; when a sax
> solos, the trumpets need to back off. =A0If a trumpet can't be heard over=
the
> backgrounds, you have a BIG problem!

The question had just occurred to me and I was tired of writing and
didn't explain or refine the question. More specifically; are
trumpets acoustically louder than saxophones?

-Jennifer
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