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Author: Napat Techa.
Date: 2017-05-14 16:09
Hello, The concert is coming up next week. This concert,I am playing in the first chair on Beethoven's fifth symphony.This is my first time playing first chair in an orchestra. In the rehearsal today, The conductor told me that I have to use solo sound in the solo phrase and project my voice more.
So, I want to know...
-what is the solo sound ???
-How can I get that sound ???
-How can I project my tone ???
-Any guide for solo ???
THANK YOU VERY MUCH !
Sorry for my bad English...
...Sorry for my bad English...
Thank you !!!!!
Intermediate clarinetist . Buffet Crampon RC . Nick Solist M Mouthpiece. V12 3.5. Ishimori gold plated ligature and Rovner Versa ligature.
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Author: kdk
Date: 2017-05-14 17:12
For the time being - the concert is too close to make any fundamental changes in your technique or your equipment - play with your best tone quality and louder. If necessary, think all the solo passages forte. If it's too loud, count on the conductor to tell you so. Solo passages need "presence" - a prominence that taking soft dynamics too literally can reduce. If your part is the top voice of a chordal texture, it needs to be clearly heard.
In the longer term - for future concerts - you need to learn to gauge how your part fits with the ensemble and how loud you need to play in order to be a balanced part of the texture.
Karl
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Author: RefacerMan
Date: 2017-05-15 05:58
If you are playing first (or principal) clarinet you need to play with confidence and a well focused, centered sound. You need good breath support and a good reed that has a nice tone and some clarity to it. When you have a solo line you bring it out by playing a bit louder and by leading instead of following everyone else. Listen to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on youtube and see how the first clarinetists play the part - that should help you decide how to play with a "principal clarinet" sound. I hope that helps.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2017-05-15 16:29
It's a silly expression. You don't change your sound because you're playing a solo you play with more confidence, you don't hide in the section. It's not a matter of your tone but how you project it. A forte is still a forte as is a piano still a piano, it's how you project it that matters. If you're playing a MF along with a flute or oboe you don't play any louder, you blend. If your playing MF in a solo line you play above the harmony. Yes, if the harmoney is to loud you have to play forte. Listen.
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Author: William
Date: 2017-05-18 23:15
To project, play louder and expressively......to sound pretty, play in tune. And in the orchestra, its "Principal", not first chair.
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Author: Bennett ★2017
Date: 2017-05-20 19:41
You might say to the conductor: "I'm confused - please tell me what it is you want from me."
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Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2017-05-20 21:32
'Quality of sound' is not the only thing that determines solo audibility in ensemble playing. What can be more salient is how the sound is modulated: how 'speechlike' it is.
I wrote about this first a long time ago, here, and then subsequently on many occasions.
Tony
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