Klarinet Archive - Posting 000209.txt from 1997/06

From: Margaret Squires <margeaux@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Improvisation
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 02:00:48 -0400

I completely agree. There is a time to play the notes written on the
page, and a time to take a melody and chords and make up something new.

Margaret

Todd and Lynnette Staley wrote:
>
> Everyone has their opinion. I just happen to agree very strongly with
> yours. Well spoken!
> --
> Todd & Lynnette Staley
> email: nette@-----.net
>
> ----------
> > From: Gary Hopkins <ghopkins@-----.net>
> > To: klarinet@-----.us
> > Subject: Improvisation
> > Date: Sunday, June 15, 1997 8:25 PM
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Gary Hopkins
> >