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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2023-01-07 04:01
Just to support my tack, I’d been in many bands of many different levels. The best ones had great conductors and even poor arrangements can be rendered quite lovely.
So, I thought I should share an example. Take one of those omni present final notes of a big concert piece where everyone has the instruction to play a sforzando; crescendo; and a final downbeat accent. Instead of everyone doing just that, the high voices don't crescendo at all (flutes, oboes, clarinets, trumpets). The crescendo is executed by the lower voices (tuba; trombone; bari-sax, bass clarinet; bassoon). And the percussion delay their crescendo to the last beat for that final "swoosh" or "icing on the cake." Now this is performance technique and needs to be clearly asked for and executed by the conductor.
There is a similar "unfolding" of a sforzando downbeat opening (or transitional moment) in slower music that you can hear throughout Herbert von Karajan's recordings. An example that comes to mind is the opening of Schumann's Fourth Symphony. You can see it over and over at the opening of that work's rehearsal video (still on YouTube).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shc-4AZVaNk
It's a far more dramatic effect than everyone just hitting the opening note at once like a sack of potatoes falling off a truck.
………….Paul Aviles
Post Edited (2023-01-07 17:02)
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EbClarinet |
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kdk |
2023-01-06 23:48 |
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Paul Aviles |
2023-01-07 03:10 |
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kdk |
2023-01-07 03:42 |
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Paul Aviles |
2023-01-07 04:01 |
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