I remember playing a concert many years ago with Arthur Fiedler. At best he was a crotchety old man and even when he was in a good mood, he tended to be very nasty. There was a problem with intonation in the woodwinds and he said: Gentlemen that is out of tune! Second time: Gentlemen that is still out of tune! third time: Gentlemen it is "still" out of tune! Forth time: GENTLEMEN IT IS STILL OUT OF TUNE NOW GOD DAM IT, FIX IT!!!! Next time: Perfectly in tune. Moral of the story: When intonation has to be fixed remember: "It is ALWAYS the other guy that is out of tune!!! :)
Milton Milton Kicklighter 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic Retired From: John Baumgart <[email protected]> >To: The Horn List <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 3:40 PM >Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Whose Responsibility? > >In order for the ensemble to play in tune, there has to be at least some >people within the ensemble that are capable of playing in tune. If there >aren't, then there's no sense discussing further. > >If there are people that can play in tune, they are aware of people nearby who >have intonation problems. If they are in their own section, they should be >able to address them directly. If the conductor has to do much more than call >out a section for some dodgy intonation, he'll be wasting his time and that of >the rest of the ensemble, as a rehearsal is not meant to be an ear training >class. A surprising number of people in amateur groups are willing to listen >to a credible party give them advice if done tactfully, and tact will be >necessary since the advice will need to be repeated, unless there's some magic >way of instantly curing someone's long-term intonation problems. Rome wasn't >built in a day, after all. Fortunately, good intonation is contagious. Of >course, there will still be some people who are immune to it. > >John Baumgart > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steven Mumford" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 1:13:16 PM >Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Whose Responsibility? > > >....is it to make sure the ensemble plays in tune? Is it possible for an >amateur band or orchestra to play beautifully in tune? > >[...] > >In pretty much every amateur ensemble, and even quite a few high paying gigs >I've ever played in, there are quite a number of people who don't know how to >play in tune. I'd say that makes it pretty much impossible for those who do >know how, to successfully play in tune because there aren't enough others to >play in tune with. >_______________________________________________ >post: [email protected] >unsubscribe or set options at >https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
