Klarinet Archive - Posting 001260.txt from 2000/12

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Klezmer 'How to' ??
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 16:39:13 -0500

<><> Fred=A0Jacobowitz wrote:
There is no such thing as a "Klezmer tone". Might you mean all those
wonderful other sounds and ornaments that we Klezmorim do? I use a
standard symphony setup with a VD#4.5 reed. The "tone" comes from a
concept of 'singing' rather than just 'playing'. The whole approach of
a folk musician to tone is to sound like a voice, with all it's swoops,
etc. NOT TO SOUND "PERFECT" AND UNBLEMISHED!! (such as in so-called
'serious music'). In Klezmer, we are trying to sound like the
synagogue Kantor or just someone praying - full of emotion and verve but
not worrying about "nice" tone.

I understand what you're saying. My Klezmer library is very
limited... only 1 CD. By any chance do you own a copy of Feidman's
"Concert for the Klezmer"? If so, I could use it as an example in
order to ask a couple of specific questions.

Thank you,
Bill

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