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Tempo specifications

Author: bethmhil  Date:   2013-08-03 03:00 Since there are lots of musicians on this board who have played many auditions and facilitated auditions, I'm hoping I can get some good advice on this! I'm asking about this specifically for just an ensemble placement audition, but it really also applies to any audition. FYI, the excerpt in question is a 6/8 excerpt at the end of the act III ballet from Verdi's Sicilian Vespers. I know that some of my colleagues are going to be tempted to take the excerpt as fast as they can possibly play it. I have listened to the excerpt and have determined that musically, playing it at lightning-speed changes the excerpt completely. In past auditions, I have always strictly adhered to specified tempos because I know that my clarinet instructor hears the excerpts at those exact tempos. However, I am paranoid that not playing it as fast as I can could possibly put me below my colleagues who choose to play it faster. In your opinion & your experiences, would it be smarter to adhere to the tempo written, or to prove my technique by playing it faster? BMH Illinois State University, BME and BM Performance

Topics	Author	Date
Tempo specifications	bethmhil	2013-08-03 03:00
Re: Tempo specifications  new	Ken Shaw	2013-08-03 03:22
Re: Tempo specifications  new	kdk	2013-08-03 13:26
Re: Tempo specifications  new	clarinetguy	2013-08-05 15:59
Re: Tempo specifications  new	bethmhil	2013-08-06 00:01
Re: Tempo specifications  new	clarinetguy	2013-08-06 00:36
Re: Tempo specifications  new	DavidBlumberg	2013-08-06 14:11

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