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Re: Clarinet above perpendicular?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2014-08-21 06:53

If you're familiar with the music of Gustav Mahler, he beat you to this by more than 100 years. His scores often call for the woodwind players to lift their bells into the air (" Schalltrichter in die Höhe"). Orchestral players argue about whether this is any more than a visual effect, whether it actually changes the sound.

What does your band director want? Whether or not your sound is aimed any more directly toward the judges is really immaterial - it isn't (for the reasons Jonathan gave). But it can be a nice visual effect if everyone does it - probably (IMO) a more interesting one from the judges' perspective than only seeing some of the band (the brass players) with their bells up.

Much - some would say most - of what a marching band does is for looks, the appearance of an entire corps moving uniformly to its own music. If it looks good from the stands, it doesn't really matter if it sounds different or not as long as it doesn't make the band sound worse.

Karl

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