Author: vintschevski
Date: 2021-12-09 01:38
Hi, Matthew! I agree with your comments. And I've been in some small venues, even tiny venues, where bands of whatever description still insist on having huge sound systems belt out their noise in a ridiculous way when they could be heard to better advantage without any amplification at all.
May I say, however, that while that is a general issue, it's not the issue for Pritish. To simplify, it's really about how to get a balance in a line-up of clarinet and other wind and brass instruments. One of the great things about the clarinet is how easy it is to play softly on it, and as you point out, playing softly can actually be quite difficult for brass players and, I believe, for saxophonists - it's just not so easy as on clarinet. So if you have a line-up of clarinet, alto sax, trumpet, trombone and drums, everybody needs to find a way for the clarinet to be heard. Yes, the other instruments need to be mindful of not being too loud all the time, so as to give the clarinet a decent chance, but the clarinettist also needs to project well enough to be heard in the mix. Playing "louder" doesn't necessarily mean trying to play "too loudly", it just means playing up enough to be heard in the context.
So I used the word "project" for the clarinet as the equipment can be significant - the clarinet itself, the choice of mouthpiece, even the barrel. Sometimes, though, it boils down to putting more air through the instrument to, well, play louder! It would be useful to listen to some videos of Pritish's band in order to judge better how the balance of instruments might be improved there, but I'll leave it to him, he might be too modest to suggest what to watch.
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