As in, time to share information, ideas, questions, and so on.
People are shy, I know, but really, let's use this to talk about all things Baroque flute and historical performance practices. Especially now that we have 6 officially enrolled and invited bloggers.
First topic for discussion: Why we love the Quantz Capricen so much!
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I have been getting my book organized and figuring out what I will be playing. Very excited!
Great! Someone took the plunge! Anyone dare to talk about the Quantz?
OK, I'll expose myself (but banish all thoughts of recent headlines, please). Not really about the capricen-I've yet to match the numbers with my Gieddes facsimiles-just a wish for a topic I'm hoping we will give some attention to: working up long, fast and difficult passages to the point where they are comfortable and totally musical. I.e., practice strategies, using Quantz articulation syllables, appropriate choices for slurring when it's unmarked, etc. And speaking of Quantz, I'm finding quite a bit of that stuff in the recently published quartets from the Sing-Akademie collection and I've been struggling with it in some of the CPE Bach trios with violin, like the G major!
Thank you Alex! This is what I'm talking about (or that sort of thing I have wanted to talk about here). And thanks for reminding me about the Quantz quartets.
You could start a brand new post on this, or I will, and we can run with it. These issues will be included in the BFBC agenda, likely under the "Special Topics" breakout sessions. I have some strategies on this, as some of you know (and love).
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