Klarinet Archive - Posting 000954.txt from 2000/09

From: "Marcia S. Bundi" <mbundi@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Silly things with Clarinets
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:29:35 -0400

On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:47:29 -0700 "Kevin Fay (LCA)"
<kevinfay@-----.com> writes:
>Tony Wakefield asked:
I wonder has anyone come across some hugely "ridiculous" piece of
writing, including having to use strange gadgets, and would they be
prepared to share this with the list. Without mentioning names, what were
the circumstances, and what was the outcome?>>>
>
<snip>
>-- remove the mouthpiece, and play it sans clarinet.
>
>-- click keys. (This composer complained that the key clicks on my
>clarinet
>were not loud enough; could I please make it louder?)
>
<snip>
>kjf

I've played pieces that used these techniques, and actually, enjoyed them
a great deal. Doing strange things with your instrument can make you feel
mighty funny, but the music itself was a hoot. It was fun to play, and I
liked *listening* to it, too.

For what it's worth, the mouthpiece was in "Grand Serenade for an Awful
Lot of Winds and Percussion" by Peter Schickele, and the key clicks were
meant to emulate crab claws in "Hymn to St. Francis" by Dan Buckvich.
This guy is incredibly inventive! and seems to remember what it was like
to be in 5th grade band with a shiny new toy: who else would have the
trumpets turn their instruments over and blow across the valve holes, or
make the percussionists use water balloons in empty liter bottles to
sound like octopi? And all sorts of other stuff.

Marcia
Great Falls, MT

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