Projection

Two comments from band directors I heard today:
In Wind Symphony:
"1st clarinets, bring out that melody more. We could use some more up there in that register." OK, who every really says that?! But that's a definite can-do . ..we have the melody in long note values while our friends in the 2nd and 3rd clarinet part have tricky licks. I ain't complainin'.

In Marching Band:
"Clarinets, we need a lot more sound from you!" Try as hard as we may, that one's a little trickier because we're in a middle (aka, non-projecting) register, and we'll be facing back field during that move. When we rehearsed it today, we played just about as loud as we could, and still Dr. Fullmer wants twice that volume. Oh, we can do it alright. . . ..if we weren't disadvantaged by the direction of travel, the register, the downward facing bell, the drumline, the sound-soaking grass, and the extraneous stadium noise. Don't worry. We got this. =)

Oh, and we got cookies from the Cougarettes today after they rehearsed with us. Yum yum!