Klarinet Archive - Posting 000789.txt from 1997/04

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Bubble Piece
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 16:55:06 -0400

Katie S Turner wrote:
>
> Awhile back ther was disscussion of a piece in which the performer
> fingers a low e and blows into a bowl of water and makes bubbles.
> I'm a spring quarter senior, and would like to do a funny piece like that
> for recital class this quarter. Could anyone please tell me how to go
> aout getting a copy, or at least the name of the piece and the
> composer's name?

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 00:37:42 -0500
From: "Eliabeth R. Goeke" <goeke@-----.EDU>
Subject: Re: Stupid Questions (was:Upsetting situation)

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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