Klarinet Archive - Posting 000534.txt from 1998/06

From: pharmacy <pharmacy@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] [Fwd: [kl] overcoming chestnut ennui]
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:46:48 -0400

Edinger/Gilman wrote:

> Chris Hoffman wrote:
>
> "I've always liked "SLeigh Ride" and will never tire of it."
>
> But Chris, as I recall, you're about 16 years old. Wait till you're
> three times that age :-).
>
> Actually, for those sick and tired of the chestnuts, a very useful
> remedy (or at least a treatment), since there's no way in h*** you're
> going to avoid playing them, is to start playing other instruments.
> I've done the Holst Suites on Bb, alto, & bass clarinets, alto sax and
> bari sax at one time or another over the (many) years, and even got to
> conduct a movement once. Playing other parts gives you a whole new
> perspective on any piece of music, if you can manage to do it. You'll be
> amazed at how different and how much more complete the experience is.
>
> Bill Edinger

But Bill, have you ever played it on the neglected members of the woodwind
family: the waxed-paper-covered comb, the empty jug, or the washboard
(actually a member of the percussion family, but we'll make an exception.)
Surely, if waxed paper came in different thicknesses, or "strengths", as it
were, one could get a brighter or darker sound as the part called for.
However, I was nearly tossed out of the local supermarket for going through
all those boxes of waxed paper looking for the perfect one, so be careful.

Carol

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