[TPIN] Orchestral Balance

[Achias1 at mchsi.com]

Agreed.

Being brass players, we'll get away with as big a sound as we can. It's
ultimately up to the conductor to shape the sound.

Dave


----------------------  Original Message:  ---------------------
From:    "Ellis Workman" <elw at workman-net.org>
To:      Achias1 at mchsi.com
Cc:      TPIN <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Subject: Re: [TPIN] Orchestral Balance
Date:    Tue, 5 Feb 2008 15:19:01 +0000

> Was the conductor's right hand broken?
> 
> -Ellis
> 
> On Tue, February 5, 2008 9:13 am, Achias1 at mchsi.com said:
> > After hearing a local orchestra perform Debussy's "La Mer," I need to
> > bring up a
> > subject that is likely to open a can of worms - orchestral balance.
> >
> > Everything about the performance was fine except that the brass kept
> > overbalancing the strings (hopefully, I won't lose my "Ba__s Against The
> > Wall
> > Trumpet Players' Club" membership card for that statement.)
> >
> > Evidently, this has been a problem even with major orchestras in the past
> > few
> > years. If not overbalancing brass, then the overall volume level rising.
> >
> > I think that part of the skill of playing well in an orchestra is knowing
> > how to
> > balance and I consider it a flaw when a player doesn't listen and balance
> > well.
> >
> > Am I correct in this?
> >
> > Is there any hope for returning to the well-balanced and accurate
> > volume-leveled
> > groups of years ago?
> >
> > Dave
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