Klarinet Archive - Posting 000422.txt from 1999/01

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Licolice Licks
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:30:28 -0500

From: Tatsuhiko Yokohama <tatsuhiko.yokohama@-----.jp>
Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 03:50
Subject: [kl] Licolice Licks

>I am going to play Frackenpohl's clarinet ensemble titled
>"Licolice Licks" with my friends. But I do not understand
>what the title means. It sounds to me just an alliteration.
> Or is it a slang?

Original licorice is soft, thin, tube of candy flavored with anise, and
is colored black (yes, I know about the red stuff - but it isn't
traditional licorice :). A slang word for the clarinet is "licorice
stick" since the clarinet traditionally is a black tube. "Licks" is a
slang for fast runs on an instrument, especially improvised. Of course,
"lick" could also mean using the tongue to "lick" the licorice. Thus,
the play on words, along with the alliteration.

Cheers,
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