Klarinet Archive - Posting 000542.txt from 1998/06

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] [Fwd: [kl] overcoming chestnut ennui]
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:49:53 -0400

Is there any truth in the rumour that LeBlanc are about to make an
octocontrabass kazoo???
Rjs

On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, pharmacy wrote:

> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:46:48 -0700
> From: pharmacy <pharmacy@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: clarinet <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: [kl] [Fwd: [kl] overcoming chestnut ennui]
>
>
>
> 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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