Klarinet Archive - Posting 001147.txt from 2000/05
From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com> Subj: Re: [kl] wrong instrument Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 17:48:28 -0400
At 12:21 AM 5/25/2000 EDT, James Marioneau wrote:
>As I jokingly tell my trombone playing friends, I would not want to play an
>instrument that could be built by a plumber. Someone (I don't recall who)
>said the clarinet is the instrument most like the human voice. What is the
>trombone most like?
>
Actually, I thought the saxophone was considered to be most like the human
voice. They even use on in the offstage chorus in Holst's "The Planets,"
as I understand it, to help keep the pitch. It blends in so well as to be
unheard.
As for the trombone, as played by many people, I believe it is closest to
the sound of a human expelling superfluous methane! :-)
Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265
If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
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Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
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