tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115433326707838301.post4238758109818849381..comments2024-03-28T16:38:56.758-07:00Comments on Bassoon Blog: Daphnis and DurufléB.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08724883690591213622noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115433326707838301.post-21249847965388427952012-06-27T09:31:42.912-07:002012-06-27T09:31:42.912-07:00Fascinating. Though I'm a rank amateur, I real...Fascinating. Though I'm a rank amateur, I really appreciated the detail you covered, from your notations (I would've also written in all of the C-clef notes (pained smile)) to practice tempo and how you addressed all the challenges of a the solo. Recording yourself really is possibly the most enlightening thing, especially if you've never done it before.<br /><br />Thanks for all the terrific advice!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865724359326743115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115433326707838301.post-13167917055815065582012-05-17T04:16:50.551-07:002012-05-17T04:16:50.551-07:00C., yes, you're right. I intended (but forgot...C., yes, you're right. I intended (but forgot) to write that I erase the markings once we start rehearsing the piece. No bassoonist wants to see someone else's progress report in the music! However, what you saw in your part to the Ravel may have been the last bassoonist's attempt to use a metronome to figure out the conductor's (and soloist's) tempo so that he/she could practice at that tempo. Still, that should have been erased as well, especially since the tempo of that movement varies so much according to the preferences of the soloist and conductor.<br /><br />BetsyB.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08724883690591213622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115433326707838301.post-86785548566389513162012-05-17T00:08:44.180-07:002012-05-17T00:08:44.180-07:00I assume you erase the metronome markings before y...I assume you erase the metronome markings before you return the music, but not everyone does. I found a collection of metronome markings in another Ravel, the passage in the third movement of the piano concerto that you have written about in another post, and nothing is more discouraging than to read the tempo in which <i>someone else</i> could play it ;).C.noreply@blogger.com