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 Why does my band director make the bad clarinets play auxiliary percussion?
Author: oca 
Date:   2012-02-23 23:33

Why does my band director make the bad clarinets play auxiliary percussion?

Auxiliary percussion is just as important and probably even more difficult.

satire

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 Re: Why does my band director make the bad clarinets play auxiliary percussion?
Author: kdk 
Date:   2012-02-24 03:16

oca wrote:


> Auxiliary percussion is just as important and probably even
> more difficult.
>
But also less likely to be missed if the player blows an entrance.

Are these bad clarinet players worse than the ones the director puts on bass clarinet?  :)

Karl



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 Re: Why does my band director make the bad clarinets play auxiliary percussion?
Author: David Spiegelthal 2017
Date:   2012-02-24 03:51

To keep them from playing alto or bass clarinet, of course. They can do less damage on cowbell.

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 Re: Why does my band director make the bad clarinets play auxiliary percussion?
Author: gsurosey 
Date:   2012-02-24 03:54

One of my community orchestra directors actually had me playing some of that for the holiday concert (bass drum and suspended cymbal). He brought in another clarinetist, thus bumping me down to 3rd while only needing 2 players. I think part of the reason he did that was because my boyfriend is his principal percussionist. He knew my boyfriend could give me a minor crash course on some technique stuff. For some reason, percussionists are hard to find around here, so I think it was easier to find another clarinetist than it was to find another percussionist.

What kind of group are you talking about (high school vs. college vs. community, etc.)? My guess is that he wants to keep the stronger players on clarinet and floats the players he can "afford" to. Perhaps he thinks some of the converted players can learn the new instrument(s) relatively quickly and do well at it.

Do the players get a choice, or it the switch forced?

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Rachel

Clarinet Stash:
Bb/A: Buffet R13
Eb: Bundy
Bass: Royal Global Max

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 Re: Why does my band director make the bad clarinets play auxiliary percussion?
Author: tictactux 2017
Date:   2012-02-24 07:14

> They can do less damage on cowbell.

That's what you say. Had a cowbell right behind me for half a show, and not only was it loud as hell but also constantly a quarter beat late.
(someone should have told the operator that at the beat the stick is to hit the bell, not the hand is to start moving the stick)

--
Ben

Post Edited (2012-02-24 07:19)

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 Re: Why does my band director make the bad clarinets play auxiliary percussion?
Author: EEBaum 
Date:   2012-02-24 07:20

Not enough aux perc players, too many clarinetists?

-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com

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 Re: Why does my band director make the bad clarinets play auxiliary percussion?
Author: bradfordlloyd 
Date:   2012-02-24 14:06

Oh, here we go again....those poor "bad" clarinet players! They are the "teeming refuse" of every band...no one seems to want them!

...and we have now explained the reason that alto clarinets and twirling flag girls were invented....

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 Re: Why does my band director make the bad clarinets play auxiliary percussion?
Author: Gary Van Cott 
Date:   2012-02-25 23:10

I saw an Air Force Band concert (the AF Band) a few years ago where they had some of the second and third clarinet players play percussion instruments on one piece from their regular seats. I guess they needed more percussion. There certainly aren't any bad players in that group.

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 Re: Why does my band director make the bad clarinets play auxiliary percussion?
Author: Kontra 
Date:   2012-02-26 14:41

If you can't play woodwind, they put you on brass, if you cant play brass, they put you on percussion, if you cant play percussion, they put you in chorus with all the other god awful musicians.

Why do bad musicians spend their time of forums instead of practicing?

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