Klarinet Archive - Posting 000393.txt from 2003/10

From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] band directors
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:38:32 -0400

Matthew,

You don't need a special clarinet to make a jazz sound. Jazz isn't a =
sound at all. It's a style. I use the same set-up for my jazz ensemble =
playing that I use for my orchestral playing. I will grant that it is =
easier to bend notes on a mouthpiece that is more open at the tip. But =
with a minimum of practice, it can be learned on any mouthpiece. Even =
you could learn to play in the jazz style Matthew. I am no jazz player =
and still can't improvise on my own, but I know the style well enough, =
so that if the music is notated on paper, I can play "in the style" and =
you wouldn't know otherwise, that I am not fully literate as a jazz =
musician. There

As for those people who only play by ear, there is something to be said =
for the fact that they do derive enjoyment of music. But there is so =
much that they are missing....kind of like the functionally illiterate. =
They can't notate anything they create or read anything that anyone else =
creates. They are stuck in their own little world, unless there is =
someone to help them write or read music - so one-dimensional. And when =
your ship band leader discusses chords and their progression or wants to =
begin rehearsal at bar "whatever", that clarinetist hasn't a clue about =
what is going on.

Nancy

Nancy E. Buckman, CPO, AFO, Technical Assistant
School of Health Professions, Wellness and Physical Education
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD 21012-1895 USA
Phone 410-777-2316 Fax 410-777-2233
E-mail nebuckman@-----.edu

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