Hello Lawrence, your letter should clear these ominous clouds in the brains of some players finally.
Just a very short comment: my colleagues in the opera often complained about the much ooomtahtah e.g. in Verdis La Traviata. But if you listen to the wonderful singing & if you understand what´s going on on stage, nobody would complain about the ooomtahtah again. Do you amateur folks out think, some Minkus or Offenbach ballet would not be boring ? If you play that with "accuratesse" and musically, these pieces will not be boring. Even the oomtahtah can be played MUSICALLY. ############################################################### Am 22.05.2010 um 08:56 schrieb Lawrence Yates: > A lot of what I'm reading here seems (I say "seems") to imply that one part > has some kind of merit over another. It seems an obviouis point that all > the parts are important, they all contribute to the whole. When you are > playing a long note your are contributing to the performance - when you are > counting bars rest, you are contributing to the performance - you should be > listening because what you hear will have a bearing on what you play next. > > I referred in an earlier post to an amateur orchestra I used to play for > occasionally - there was no arguiing, no ill feeling, everyone played their > part, even though all were capable of playing any of the parts. There was no > auditioning or anything like that. Just occasionally when one of the > players felt that the part he had might be better played by someone else, he > would pass the part over and switch for that piece. (This only happened > very rarely) > > All were contributing to the performance and all were important. > > Cheers, > > Lawrence > > -- > Lawrenceyates.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
