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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000071.txt from 2004/09

From: John Towle <gtowle83@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: oboe and guitar
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 10:04:52 -0400

--- PhilFrei@-----.com wrote:

> In a message dated 9/18/2004 12:15:14 AM Pacific
> Daylight Time,
> doublereed-digest-help@-----.org writes:
>
> My best friend and I would like to play some music
> together. She is a guitarist and I play oboe. Her
> background is in pop music, and she is very fluent
> in
> chords and lead lines. However, her classical
> background is very limited. While she is great at
> picking lines out of recordings, reading a
> complicated
> part is not her strong point. We are looking for
> things that are either somewhat simple, or that
> involve traditional chord structures. I am willing
> to
> do some improvisation and pop-style things on oboe
> as
> well. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Esther
>
> I may be dating myself, but maybe some old rock
> tunes with flute might work,
> for example the band Traffic (from "Low Spark" or
> "John Barleycorn") or Jethro
> Tull. It could be fun to play the flute lines on
> oboe. There's even an
> example of Bach (a Bourree, I think) on one of the
> old Tull records. A lot of folk
> music that draws from old English folk songs might
> also serve as inspiration.
> "Morning has Broken" comes to mind--very pretty
> melody sounds quite nice on the
> oboe. A copy of the Unitarian Church hymnal might
> also provide some good
> material. Lot's of folk and guitar friendly stuff in
> it, drawing from many
> different traditions.
>
> Also, you can probably work out arrangements of
> simple classical piano pieces
> like works from Bach "Notebook for Anna
> Magdalena..."
>
> Phil Freihofner
>
>
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To Phil's comprehensive and excellent list of
selections, I would respectfully add the famous
(and rightfully so…for historical reasons if nothing
else) the lilting and haunting melody "Summer Is
Icumen In," allegedly the first known piece of music
ever to be written down. It should be available in
most recorder music collections. Ezra Pound wrote a
parody of the lyrics spinning off this title/first
line where he substituted an oath for "coo-koo" He
called his poem "Winter Is Icumen In." Of course, it
is available on the internet.

Best,

john

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