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Re: What do pros do . . .

Author: kdk ★2017 Date:   2018-07-25 06:29 sfalexi wrote: > That said, when I make a mistake, or squeak or > something, I usually just immediately look at the clarinetist > to my left or right and shake my head dissappointedly in case > the conductor looks to see who made the mistake. It usually > results in a punch in the arm, but is worth it to see how > flushed those clarinetists get when they see they're getting > blamed! lol!!! > I assume you meant this humorously. In my experience the one thing that's true of almost every pro or even very good amateur player I've ever worked with is the attempt not to call any more attention to the mistake than it has already drawn to itself. That means not reacting visibly, or at least not beyond a quick resentful look at a reed or a spit valve, and just going on to play the rest of the music in the performance. Any more intense reaction - whether a shoulder shrug or a temper tantrum - is held off until everyone is off-stage and the audience, at least, has mostly forgotten that anything went wrong if they noticed in the first place. I have seen instances of memory slips by soloists who have to stop and restart. They just look at the conductor, the orchestra stops, and everything starts again at a nearby rehearsal letter or beginning of a section. Again, no emotional, angry self-flagellation on stage, just get past the problem as unobtrusively as possible. If one night when I was in high school Isaac Stern beat himself up after the concert because he got stuck in a Viotti Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra, I will (and should) never know. Karl Karl

Topics	Author	Date
What do pros do . . .  new	Philip Caron	2018-07-18 06:42
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	Paul Aviles	2018-07-18 07:00
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	Clarence Beale	2018-07-25 20:49
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	DavidBlumberg	2018-07-18 22:36
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	sfalexi	2018-07-19 02:28
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	kdk	2018-07-19 04:31
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	Tony F	2018-07-19 04:43
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	Philip Caron	2018-07-19 04:59
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	JohnP	2018-07-19 17:43
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	brycon	2018-07-19 18:27
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	DavidBlumberg	2018-07-21 16:18
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	Ed Palanker	2018-07-21 17:21
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	clarnibass	2018-07-22 09:02
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	Grabnerwg	2018-07-24 18:34
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	KenJarczyk	2018-07-24 20:03
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	sfalexi	2018-07-25 02:46
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	kdk	2018-07-25 06:29
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	Late_returner	2018-07-25 12:59
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	kdk	2018-07-25 18:49
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	sfalexi	2018-07-27 03:41
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	Paul Aviles	2018-07-27 05:55
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	Philip Caron	2018-08-08 06:02
Re: What do pros do . . .  new	Paul Aviles	2018-08-08 15:17

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