Klarinet Archive - Posting 001170.txt from 2003/04

From: Claudia Zornow <claudia.zornow@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Languages and Legeres
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:48:26 -0400

Wendy wrote:

> yup, all Spanish words are sexy, all Italian words are yummy sounding, all
> English words are difficult to spell. :p

Reminds me of a humorous e-mail that I got years ago:

A small survey of some popular European languages:

Spanish - Everything you say makes you sound hungry.

Russian - There are 33 different ways to say, "Comrade, pass the
vodka or I shoot you."

French - Every French sentence carries the implicit connotation that
you want to have sex with the person you are talking to.

German - The German word for "hello" is "Echsteinlefahrtengruber."
The German translation for "Hey Hans, what say tomorrow
morning we climb into our tanks and roll over Poland?"
is "Hans, Poland, ja?"

As for Legere reeds, I agree with Trish Mendenhall on how useful
they are for doublers in a pit (or even outside a pit, e.g. the
Mahler symphony [8th?] in which the bass clarinetist has to play
soprano clarinet for about 8 bars out of the whole symphony).

Also, Legeres are good for instruments that you play infrequently.
If you're a doubler with 3 or 4 or 5 sizes each of clarinets and
saxophones on your shelf, it can be difficult to keep a set of
playable cane reeds going on each one. I recently got a Legere for
my bass clarinet, and if it doesn't change I'll probably play on
it indefinitely since my bass clarinet playing occurs sporadically.

Claudia

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