Christopher Smith wrote:
On May 6, 2007, at 11:47 PM, Mark D Lew wrote:
You can litter the score with dynamic markings, at the top and bottom
of every hairpin.
Hmm, I've been doing that lately, partially to keep one of the trumpet
players in my brass quintet from eating up rehearsal time by asking
"What's the ending dynamic?" on every hairpin that doesn't have one...
There are other trumpet players in the world -- you should only have to
say "use your artistic judgement" once and he/she should never ask
again. If the question comes up a second time, say you'll be looking
for a new trumpet player in the morning.
The literature from all the way back to the first uses of the hairpins
is full of examples where the great composers don't have ending dynamic
markings for the hairpins. If the trumpet player needs to be told what
it should be, that trumpet player is in the wrong field.
--
David H. Bailey
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