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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000075.txt from 2003/04

From: "Tice" <pgtice@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] NY Times/Iraqui Oboe
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:28:38 -0400

Hi Brenda,
Of course, you are correct in your post about the zorna. I'm sure some have
mastered it, and I have only played it for fun and with no direction on it.
I won't make fun of it any more--point graciously made and accepted!
Grace

----- Original Message -----
From: <BSP6263@-----.com>
To: <doublereed-l@-----.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [DR-L] NY Times/Iraqui Oboe

> Friends,
>
> I want to address the discussion about the sound of the zorna. David
> described it as "raucus", and refered to the reed as "primitive". Grace
said
> the sound would "peel paint off the walls"
>
> To both of you I will say. "Probably true, but only when *you* play it".
> These instruments and their reeds have exquisite, subtle, highly nuanced
> sounds, and enormous dynamic and expressive range, when played by a
master.