Right now I do not see one simple answer to that question. You have to have a balance of both to be a soloist and a good chamber musician.
Here are a few brainstorms... i hope others will participate.... Musically, it would depend on the particular voice at any given moment in a piece. Sonically it would depend on the acoustical environment, the volume level of both the group as a whole, the individual voices (which has overlap with Musically) and what position you play in a horn section (or any section for that matter). Many types of musicians just lay it down all the time. They do not blend, they do not tune, they do not change "their" rhythmic base (so frustrating to hear) which means to me that they do not listen. They may as well use earplugs. This is the opposite to the evolution of this question from the original post. Matthew ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
