Klarinet Archive - Posting 000203.txt from 1997/06

From: fsheim@-----.com (Fred)
Subj: Re: Improvisation
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 22:16:06 -0400

When did the shave and haircut go up to 6 bits?

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

>All this talk about improvisation got me to thinking. I have never heard
>anyone mention ever having picked up any good Mozart "licks" anywhere...or
>even Vivaldi licks....or Stanley Drucker licks. I guess if I ended the
>Mozart Concerto or Brahams Sonata with the "shave and a haircut six bits"
>lick it would be alright in someone's opinion. I can see someone being
>creative when coming up with a cadenza, but for the most part I much rather
>hear someone play the music as it was intended to be played. If you want to
>improvize spend your time doing it to something other than the standard
>clarinet literature.
>
>Just my unsolicited opinion.
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>Gary Hopkins
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