Klarinet Archive - Posting 001512.txt from 1998/05

From: Matthew Hanson <mchanson@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] [Fwd: [kl] Neighbor Problems, Was: Travelling and Playing]
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 11:12:15 -0400

Robin Fairbairns wrote:
>
> > I guess my situation is unique, but when I practice with the door or window open,
> > my neighbor's donkey starts braying along. Does anyone know of a concerto for
> > Clarinet and Donkey?Carol
>
> i bet you're not unique.
>
> once, nearly 40 years ago in the summer, i was practising in my attic
> room with the windows open. my mother took an anonymous call saying
> "will you stop playing that damned recorder".
>
> i still don't know whether to laugh or cry about that: when i was
> young, i had a pretty good tone...
>
> robin
>
I've been told that harmonic series has a lot to do with why animals
bark, bray, etc. at the sound of a clarinet. I guess they are used to
hearing everything built on octaves. I know that when I was a little
kid, the dog would never even bark at my sax playing, but howled away at
my older sister's clarinet playing. This kind of makes me wonder what
they're hearing that we don't...
Matthew Hanson

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