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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000075.txt from 2004/06
From: Rhondda May <rmay@-----.com>
Subj: [DR-L] sameer's vibrato et al
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 06:22:55 -0400
Firstly I apologise to Mr. Dlouhy and any others for my encouragement of
off-double-reed-topic posts; I wrote that post in a vodka-induced state
following my Public Law exam (Jennifer's right; I'm studying to be a
lawyer). Thanks, Kat, for your post, which I found very interesting.
Herb, to be quite honest, I have looked at the declassified Justice
Dept. document (now being discussed in the media), but not very
thoroughly. When the hotsy-totsiest legal minds available try to get
around international law to do something that is so clearly (at least to
me anyway) reprehensible, we are in major trouble. Americans who have
never lived abroad for any length of time have no idea how we appear to
the rest of the world. No idea. (That's my broad generalization for
this list for 2004, set flamethrowers on stun, please!)
Sameer, I would be interested to know which notes you're getting the
vibrato on. My teacher, Sara Lambert Bloom, used to talk about one's
"resonance" being better on some notes than on others. D on the 4th
line of the treble clef, F on the top line - those were two notes we
always used to use to try to find our bodies' resonance. I would say
that since, as far as I'm concerned, vibrato has to do with a balance of
the airspeed and the opening of the reed, you could be subtly adjusting
your airspeed/ opening for some notes and that's when your vibrato
"happens". That assumes your vibrato "happens" and is not the result of
you wiggling some part of your anatomy consciously. If that is the
case, it's actually a good thing, because it means you only have to work
out what to do with your air/embouchure to get it to "happen" on other
notes.
Best regards to all of you, and please don't ask me for legal advice
just yet-
Rhondda
Hong Kong
Sameer Alabdullah wrote:
>
> "treatment of them is child's play compared to their
> treatment of us
> don't you think? Not an excuse of course, but soldiers in war
> are sometimes
> very angry."
>
> At some level I might agree with you but try to look at the bigger picture
> here. Who started this from the first place?? If you read the history of
> Iraq and the middle east you will find that Iraq has always been the land
> where blood was shed. One of our Kaliphs called Iraq "the land of lies and
> betrayal." This maybe be a sterotype but many people here in the middle east
> think that Iraqis will stab you from the back when youa re not looking and
> they are many more mean things and barbarians. BUT there are reasons for
> that.
>
> Nobody deserves to be killed or treated in such ways. Not the Amercians nor
> the Iraqis. But there is a cause and an effect. These people want ther
> country back and they will do anything.
>
> I was in Kuwait during the whole Iraqi Invasion in 1990-91 and witnessed the
> liberation war and watched US soldiers (of course along with the British,
> French and rest of the Arabs..etc etc) drive thru my main street and I was
> happy to get my country back. We can't thank you enough. BUT you must leave
> the land to its people. Trust me I get furious everytime I drive south
> towards the Oil wells in kuwait and see dozens of military cars and convoys
> transporting gears and stuff back and forth between Kuwait and Iraq. It's
> not fun watching military people driving around in your streets all the
> time!! Try to imagin that next time you are taking your family for a drive!!
>
> Sadly, I will still read about more American soldiers being killed in Iraq
> and more innocent Iraqi civilians being blown away because the US will not
> leave Iraqi land. They will never do that. They didnt just go thru all that
> to simply leave it after 1 or 2 years. It's all about US presnce in the
> world!! It's politics. And I hate politics so much and i'm so sorry I wrote
> this email and responded to such topic. This IS a double reed list. Now can
> someone tell me why I have a nice vibrato on some notes but not on others??
> I been playing for 3 years (on and off). Is that normal?? ;)
>
> Sameer Al-Abdullah
>
> =and I miss you like the desert miss the rain=
>
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