While I agree with Herr Pizka, and with Scott, I see this as a music director's problem. Community orchestras are particularly lax in this regard. Conductors will usually ignore the brass and sometimes, the woodwinds, concentrating on the strings and their attacks, bowings, etc.
It is not for me to tell the Principal that he or she is too loud, too penetrating, too ugly (sound, that is) It is the conductor who should decide what sounds he/she wishes from the section and demand exactly that. I do agree that we hornists should realize that the horn is best suited to the "filler" role adding a blend of colors to the orchestra, but if the first chair doesn't realize it (and doesn't subscribe to this posting) who can tell them? Usually I will say something like, "do you want that passage to be so (short, long, loud, brassy, staccato, legato, etc}" overemphazing what he/she is doing. Hopefully they will consider their over emphasis and correct, but, alas, all too infrequently. Any suggestions short of physically getting the point across? . Jon Woodyard Lewes, DE _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
