Author: orchestr
Date: 2008-10-13 22:05
This conversation is getting more and more philosophical as the posts continue. So I'm going to add something a little silly that I did with the cadenza, but it gave me a bit of a revelation!
I have a DB-90 Dr. Beat metronome, and it has these different rhythms built into it: waltz, samba, rock, jazz, etc. I set it to rhythm #20, which is a simple clave rhythm, a little slow, about 104, and played the 2nd page of the cadenza with this horrible MIDI clave drum rhythm.
...And I'll tell you what, it worked SO WELL. I played it for another clarinet playing friend of mine, and her response was, "Oh my God, that's it! That's how it should be played! That's the perfect accompaniment!" The hard part, which I believe is why everyone plays the cadenza rubato anyway, is endurance. I have to take quick breaths in weird places, my tongue gets tired, my embouchure gets tired, my brain gets tired... However, now I play it very evenly, and I can really groove without any pauses or tempo fluctuation until the very end. As long as l use the accents and dynamics and articulation to keep it from sounding like it was played on a computer, I think it's really effective. Maybe I'll post a recording after my recital.
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