Author: Merlin_Williams
Date: 2010-06-22 15:57
The community band I've been playing with has tried to spread around the parts to even out the abilities of the section.
Problem is that the strongest players are nominally the firsts. So, when parts get moved around, all of a sudden the three strongest players are now playing second or third, and the balance still suffers.
I played in a community group through my HS years that had the four strongest players rotate on first, second, third and bass. These parts were always covered well, and that gave the section players a good model to follow.
Fortunately, the band owned a nice bass that was shared around the players to enable that.
I could see making that type of thing work even with just taking the three strongest players and rotating them on 1, 2 & 3.
The other issue with the band I'm currently in is that the section seating doesn't change when the parts rotate, so the first clarinet can be sitting quite some distance from the oboe and first flute. Not good.
Jupiter Canada Artist/Clinician
Stratford Shakespeare Festival musician
Woodwind Doubling Channel Creator on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/WoodwindDoubling
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