Klarinet Archive - Posting 000775.txt from 1999/09

From: Lisa Canjura-Clayton <lisakc@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Impresive ?
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 15:53:10 -0400

At 12:40 PM 09/23/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Sherry Katz wrote:
>
>> Sheesh! Lighten up. I play music for fun. I don't make my living at
>> it. I don't treat it like a job. Most people who play instruments
>> play them for fun. A number of people on this list are entirely too
>> pompous in their attitude toward playing music.
>
>Does that mean that if we learn to play better we won't have as much fun?

I gotta say, this whole thread is making me very glad I picked trad jazz as
my main music. I warm up on scales, including blues & pentatonic scales,
and then start riffing on 'em. Soon, our tenor sax player picks it up,
starts a song and then we're off on a group improv-- all during warm-up.
It's fabulous fun, AND we're learning to play better as an ensemble at the
same time.

And, as much as I enjoy listening (and occasionally playing) say,
Shostakovich, something tells me I probably couldn't get away with this
kind warming up for one of his symphonies.

To kidnap a hoary old cliche: there is very little difference between
classical and jazz, but viva la difference!

Lisa "It Don't Mean A Thing..." Canjura-Clayton
lisakc@-----.com

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