On 07 Oct 2006, at 4:27 AM, dhbailey wrote:
Do you mean to tell me that every instrument included in GPO is a
regular member of a standard orchestra? I don't think so.
I'm not sure how that's relevant. You're saying you want GPO to
include fewer instruments?
Most orchestras do no have a regular contrabassoon player, a
regular english horn player, a bass clarinet player, tuba player,
harpsichord, marimba, glockenspiel (oh yeah, baby, that's in all
those Mozart and Haydn and Beethoven symphonies!), to say nothing
about harp -- every orchestra uses at least one of those at every
concert -- Not!
I'm afraid you're extremely mistaken.
Contrabassoon, English horn, bass clarinet, tuba, harpsichord, mallet
percussion (certainly including marimba, glock, and vibes), and harp
players are -- obviously -- salaried positions at every major
orchestra. Sometimes as doublers (i.e., associate bassoon doubling
contra, associate clarinet doubling b.cl., etc), but these are *all*
salaried orchestral players.
Saxophonists are generally not salaried players. Saxophone parts are
most often covered by freelancers. Occasionally, if there's just one
saxophone, the associate clarinetist will cover it, but very few (if
any?) major orchestras have a salaried saxophone section.
(why include glockenspiel, though? That's a band instrument if
ever I've seen one)
You have got to be kidding me. There are any number of orchestral
warhorses, programmed by virtually every orchestra every season, that
require glock. Don't make me list them.
Any sample library must draw the line somewhere. If GPO included
saxophones, someone else would be whining about the lack of Wagner
tubas, celeste, and Ondes Martenot. It was entirely reasonable for
GPO to draw the line at saxophones -- especially considering that
when it was first released, it offered vastly more bang-for-buck than
any other sample library available, to the point where everyone else
now has to compete with Gary on price, and we are all the better for
it. Complaining that you must buy two amazingly inexpensive sample
libraries to get an instrument set that's *more* extensive than
libraries costing over ten times as much as GPO and JABB put together
is... well... words fail me.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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