Author: gwie
Date: 2010-07-14 08:35
> As far as marcia's question about why they rotate strings
> it's mostly for morale.
As a violinist/violist too, let me add: sitting in the back of the section all of the time is not fun, and outside of youth and school orchestras it isn't about ranking, it's about comfort.
If you're in the fourth or fifth row of strings in a really big orchestra, it's hard to see the conductor, hard to see your section principal, difficult to hear the other players playing your part, and depending on the ensemble you have the misfortune of being on the firing end of a musical weapon behind the second violins (hello massive unpitched percussion!) or behind the violas (hello brass section!). If you're on the outside stand of first violins at the very back, sometimes you're so far removed from the action you might as well be in the audience, since the first row of listeners has a better angle on the concertmaster and conductor than you do!
There is something truly liberating about playing a single clarinet part in a wind section in the orchestra, versus being a section grunt in the strings.
Post Edited (2010-07-14 08:40)
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