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Author: bawa
Date: 2006-12-14 08:54
Last week I heard a few different approaches to clarinet playing. All were young students, so assume that everyone is doing what their respective teachers recommend.
One approach to a piece where there was a lot of tongueing etc. (I believe is the correct work for "picar"), one approach was to slur ("ligar") all the notes, although it wasn't composed that way. This was to get a much nicer sound quality and faster playing.
Another approach was to be accurate in making the right notes, and largely ignore other markings in the piece (crescendos, trills, etc.)
Is it acceptable to adjust the score this way, lets say for an audition?
Post Edited (2006-12-14 09:25)
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Author: David Peacham
Date: 2006-12-14 09:30
In a word:
No.
Of course, given a choice between a player who plays the music as-written-but-badly, and one who plays it not-as-written-but-well, you might choose the latter. But a player is unlikely to get very far if he can't manage as-written-and-well.
This is all assuming the composer hasn't written something impossible for the instrument. But I doubt that's the case here.
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If there are so many people on this board unwilling or unable to have a civil and balanced discussion about important issues, then I shan't bother to post here any more.
To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2006-12-14 13:54
If you don't play it the way the experts expect it to be played then you're wrong. If you're playing for your own enjoyment or experimentation you can do what you want to.
Bob Draznik
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Author: bawa
Date: 2006-12-14 15:07
Thanks for your answers David & Bob. The way you say it is the way daughter is being taught to do (no compromises).
Then she met some other children from other parts of the country who seemed to have these different approaches to the same music, and that set her wondering, e.g. there was one who had this wonderful sound & intonation but slurred all the notes in the entire piece and she wanted to know if clarinet players in the wider world (other than her teacher) thought it was incorrect.
Ok, back to struggling with all all aspects of clarinet playing!
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