Klarinet Archive - Posting 000247.txt from 1999/12

From: "Doug Sears" <dsears@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] stage fright
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 14:16:43 -0500

>Stage fright? Not when your standing in the middle of a horde of
>drunken Greeks, screaming "Yassou Klarino Yanni!!" in your ear while
>spitting paper bills and slamming them onto your forehead.

I've played in both kinds of situations (well, more American folk dancers than
drunken Greeks, and not so many banknotes), and I agree that classical concerts
are much more intimidating. It may be true that people are just there to have a
good time in both cases, but a single squeak or wrong note is much more
distressing to both the audience and the player in classical music.

>Reeds? The best clarinetists I ever heard were Greek & Turkish
>gypsies... they only purchased 1 to 1-1/2 Ricos and seemed to prefer
>rubber bands and chewing gum to springs and pads.

What I hear from an expert is that Turkish folk clarinetists tend to modify
their mouthpieces to an extremely open facing, for more flexible pitch and
incredible loudness; so the soft reeds make sense.

--Doug
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Doug Sears dsears@-----.org/~dsears

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