Klarinet Archive - Posting 000003.txt from 1997/03

From: "Eliabeth R. Goeke" <goeke@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Stupid Questions (was:Upsetting situation)
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 07:32:12 -0500

I thought you would want to know:

> "3) If you finger a low E, could you use the clarinet as a drinking straw?"
>
> Yes. Drinking straws are used not only to slurp liquid up but also to blow
> bubbles down, as loudly as possible, especially in restaurants, as every
> parent knows. I seem to recall a piece for clarinet in which the player
> inserts the bell in a bucket of water, straw-like, and bubbles away on low
> E. (Did I make that up, or does someone else know about that?)

Yes, there is a piece where the clarinet is supposed to be stuck in a
bucket of water, though several notes are played not just low E's.
Actually, all of the instruments used are stuck in water (hard for the
flute...) It was written by a Middlebury student, though, so I doubt
anyone outside of my basic composition class ever heard it. I've heard
rumors, though, of other pieces...

elizabeth

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Elizabeth Goeke
Middlebury College
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