Klarinet Archive - Posting 000532.txt from 2002/04

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] What will they think of next
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 08:36:27 -0400

Scorzonera is the best vegeatble for a dark sound, by a long way.

Roger S.

In message <3CBF827A.C47D0B52@-----.org writes:
> With respect to the vegetable orchestra, I assert that playing on an
> turnip or carrot will produce a sound character no different than if one
> played on a an organic turnip or carrot. This assertion furthers my
> thesis that the sound character of the vegetable is independent of the
> vegetable type. So if you put a carrot or turnip into your mouth, by
> the time the air strikess the body of the turnip or carrot, the sound is
> essentially formed, and anyone who thinks the contrary probably has the
> kind of diminished intellect that permits them to play on a horse
> radish.
>
> Furthermore, only a vegetarian is capable producing a really dark sound
> on such an instrument.
>
> My wisdom is transcendent.
>
> Dan Leeson
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