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Re: Wind Instruments in Church

Author: clarinetwife
Date: 2007-08-31 16:24

johng wrote< Playing the only wind instrument with
> such a group is a bit awkward, so I settled in on the
> philosophy that I would generally stay away from the melody and
> simply play lead in's and fills to assist the singers and
> congregation to find their next pitches and entrances.
>

I play clarinet on Sundays and piano on Friday mornings with the children. Especially with the children we have picked up some songs from Christian radio. Although I usually play piano without any other musicians, I actually think one melody instrument works real well as John described, intros fills and interludes. Sometimes melody support is actually helpful as well, although I agree that an instrumentalist should use melody sparingly in this situation.

I have enjoyed those occasions when I have had an instrumentalist sit in (typically flute). A bass player is sure nice as well even though I try to beef up the bass in the wimpy piano accompaniments I am given. In addition, our hymnal accompaniment book has lots of obbligatos in it that work quite well over the singers after they have sung a couple of verses.

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