Klarinet Archive - Posting 000647.txt from 1996/05

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Returned mail: WHY ??? - need advise for a wedding
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 14:22:12 -0400

>Dear list members:
>
>I need your help BADLY!
>
>I have been asked and have accepted to play solo clarinet for a wedding.
>
>I was specifically asked to play selections from "Fiddler" as it is a
>Jewish wedding and ... in a wedding book have found "Pavanne" which just
>might work on my newly-acquired Bass clarinet.
>
>Do any of you have suggestions for other pieces which might work for solo
>clarinet?
>
>HELP! (AND - thanks!)
>
>Louis Natkin

Louis,
If you're playing any solo klezmer, I've found that it works much
better if you can find an old tambourine and stand it on end with your foot
inside. Then, when you "tap" your foot (actually, when you raise your toes,
the tambourine starts to fall, and you "catch" it on the "tap"), you get
your percussion accompaniament! Obviously, you won't be able to do
anything real intricate, percussionwise (maybe just a slight "ching" on the
first beat of each measure), but it should be enough to add some
counterpoint! If you don't feel comfortable doing it for a lot of pieces,
find just one, and do it as a novelty: audiences love it when a musician
does something out of the ordinary, like playing multiple instruments.
Good luck!

-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410)-955-3631

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