Klarinet Archive - Posting 000462.txt from 2003/08

From: "david lowther" <dlowther@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Fw: [kl] Fw: [kl] Klezmer? (and eBay horns)
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:11:08 -0400

Hi Wendy,

Well, I always played with my mouthpiece turned a bit and not quite straight
so the condensed water wouldn't flow into my Bflat key, etc. I also rested
the bell on my knee because the pressure on my wrists hurt. Dave Katz (the
teacher), said there was undue stress on my wrists because of the torque
pressure put on them. He turned the mouthpiece absolutely straight and said
to hold my clarinet up and forward with my elbows out from my chest. This
would accomplish several things (and he was right!): the water would flow
around the keys, not through them, my chest would be free-er to breathe and
the tone would become clearer and not so muffled. He also said standing
like that projects the sound.

Aside from that, I massage my wrists and hands from time to time. Theres
active release technique that the chiropractors learn, which apparently
works as well as the operation, but they only teach it to each other, alas,
so I poke around with my thumbs in those spots and it feels good.

Mary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wendy" <bosma@-----.net>
Subject: RE: [kl] Fw: [kl] Klezmer? (and eBay horns)

> > How to hold my
> clarinet properly so I wouldn't come down with carpal tunnel,
>
> could please inform me how this is done?
>
> Have a Nice Day!!
> Wendy :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: david lowther [mailto:dlowther@-----.net]
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 9:31 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Fw: [kl] Klezmer? (and eBay horns)
>
> Hi again Ken,
>
> Yeah, how does one learn to play klezmer? Get one of those CD's I
mentioned
> and just try to play like that. I took one lesson from this go-to-klezmer
> guy when he was in town and do you know what he taught me? How to hold my
> clarinet properly so I wouldn't come down with carpal tunnel, and how to
> breathe. He said the most important thing was tone and having enough wind
> power to properly finish my phrases without petering out. The rest comes
> from aping the CD's, seriously. I was reading that the Klezmatics and
other
> groups learned themselves from the old 78's and it worked for them.
>
> Wearing a cool hat and shades helps too. Check out Abe Schwartz' CD's
where
> he has various groups he played with - especially Naftule Brandwein. If
you
> can learn some of those doinas, I guarantee snakes will rise from baskets.
>
> Mary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Wolman" <kenneth.wolman@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 6:53 AM
> Subject: [kl] Klezmer? (and eBay horns)
>
>
> > Briefly:
> >
> > I am in the process of really discovering this music. Yes, Giora
Feidman
> > (I can't wait until November, I've got tickets!) who is astounding but
> goes
> > way beyond klezmer itself; and also some of the real down-home guys like
> > Naftule Brandwein and Margot Leverett (the latter I gather is a modern
> > recreator, but WHAT a recreator).
> >
> > Who else is out there? Does someone have a list or recorded players, or
> > know where one exists?
> >
> > The only time I ever saw someone playing klezmer live was in the subway
> > station at 47th Street & 6th Avenue back in 1997 or '98. An old guy
> > wearing a yarmulke, playing what looked like an Albert system clarinet.
I
> > didn't think to ask him technical questions like this: what set-ups work
> > for this sort of music? Mouthpiece, reed strength, even brands. Are
> there
> > books? Instructional tapes? This music is more addictive than a pack
of
> > cigarettes:-).
> >
> > Second--Lelia mentioned eBay-sold instruments and the assumption they're
> > going to need an overhaul. Mmmmmmmm...yes, no, maybe? I paid $275 for
> the
> > Noblet 40 and added $69 via Ardsley Music in Scarsdale because there was
a
> > problem with the clarion notes. In fact, Ardsley didn't get it right
the
> > first time...the notes at the "foot" of the clarion register still
> wouldn't
> > sound...so they took it back at their expense and kept it well over a
> week,
> > returned it, and oh boy, does it play.
> >
> > Just don't tell me that to get the right sound for klezmer I'm going to
> > need another Selmer Centered Tone...please:-).
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > ---------------------
> > Kenneth Wolman http://www.kenwolman.com
> > "When I give bread to the poor, they call me a saint; but when I ask why
> > people are poor, they call me a communist."--Dom Helder Camara, Bishop
of
> > Recife, 1909-1999
> >
> >
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