Klarinet Archive - Posting 000125.txt from 2011/03
From: hns692@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] To sit or stand, that is the question
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:15:39 -0400
Well said, Karl. I think anyone who's played with a group finds
themselves in a cooperative effort that is much different from individual
performance, etc., with different physical dynamics (and, unless one really hates the
others in the group, frequently more fun). One has to be flexible and/or
be prepared to shift gears as the playing situation dictates.
Lee Ann Hansen
In a message dated 3/17/2011 1:42:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
kkrelove@-----.net writes:
When I studied formally 40+ years ago, I stood for all of my teachers. The
rationale, when I asked about it, was that proper breathing was easier when
standing. I occasionally still practice standing because it allows me some
freedom to wander around my practice studio as I play (assuming I'm playing
from memory). But, I rarely play solo concerti or solo recitals. Nearly all
of my playing is done sitting in an orchestra, a theater pit or a chamber
ensemble. For that reason I do most of my practicing seated - I want to
make
the practice conditions as nearly as possible the same as those of
performances and ensemble rehearsals. So, to me, it isn't a matter of which
way encourages greater musicality, but rather one of how to play as
musically as possible in whatever position I play. If a player really finds
that sitting interferes with musicality, it becomes important to figure out
why and then how to overcome the interference, because most of us don't
have
the choice when it comes to our public music making.
Karl
-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Williams-DeVries [mailto:kathleenwilliams76@-----.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:50 AM
To: klarinet@-----.com
Subject: [kl] To sit or stand, that is the question
I have been pondering a questioning in my mind for some time now. Is there
increased musicality when you stand, perhaps in front of an audience,
perhaps only in your practice room, and is this reduced when you sit?
I ponder this only because I have just made a recording of Albinoni Oboe
Concerti sitting down because my back is bad today, and on reviewing the
recording, I thought I had been emoting my little heart out, when in fact
the whole video sounded really bland.
Then I listen to my concert recordings, and there is an intensity in the
sound there that never happens in the practice room. I also notice during a
recent Brahms recording that I was more in time with the recorded piano
part
of Music Minus One when I stood, Brahms being difficult to play with MMO
because you are relying on someone else's interpretation.
I'll put a couple of recordings side by side, keeping away from Mozart so
as
not to cause offence and I would like constructive discussion on whether
standing up or sitting down makes a difference. Of course it may make no
difference and I am a bland unmusical player at the best of times,
rendering
the above irrelevant.
Brahms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkA4RefBBNo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of1ectlgTpE
Weber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8fTrPMq-AE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_JDe1AOoOw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXi_-s6cpDM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbwg2zluYJ0
Schumann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVj8TkNo2DI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh59Ud341fU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u2EHmcSSLo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbO9K3EoFcU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAC_cIQKqm8
Cheating slightly, I have changed to a HD camera and some of those were
live
performances with a living breathing accompanist, but I am trying to give
you the general ghist.
And how does this affect orchestral players?
Regards,
Kathy Williams-DeVries
BMusPerf (Hons)
Grad Dip Arts (Shakespeare Studies)
ATCL, LTCL
0404946839
www.kathywilliams76.com
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