Klarinet Archive - Posting 000263.txt from 1997/10

From: Josias Associates <josassoc@-----.com>
Subj: Re: clarinet works
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 19:30:02 -0400

On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Roger Garrett wrote:

> "clams".....a term that refers to mistakes....often brass player
> "spleeyas", but can refer to a missed note in any instrument.

A few years ago, after playing the show "Camelot," I found myself
comparing notes with a horn-playing friend. He, too, had played the
show, but in another production. Because of some of the difficulties in
the horn parts, he said that horn players had renamed the musical, "Clam
a Lot."

Connie

Conrad Josias
La Canada, California