Klarinet Archive - Posting 000199.txt from 2004/01

From: "David McClune" <dmcclune@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] RE: warm-up and doubling
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:47:01 -0500

Ahh, playing reed 4 in Memphis for the week run of the Radio City
Rockettes (10 years ago) had me playing clarinet oboe and tenor sax,
then after about 90 minutes, the last 10 or so on jazzy tenor sax there
was a couple bar rest then an English horn solo (first time it was
played in the show) playing Bolero...me and snare drum!

As Ed says, it is challenging fun! One either thrives on the
impossible horn changes and making them every night... or you quit!

Dave

Dr. David McClune
Professor of Woodwinds
Director of Bands
Union University-1862
1050 Union University Drive
Jackson, TN 38305

Office-731-661-5294
dmcclune@-----.edu
www.mcclunemouthpiece.com

>>> el2@-----.edu 01/07/04 04:21PM >>>
<<<...in order to play flute with a good sound, one usually needs to
warm up 10 minutes or more anyway (if I play clarinet before hand, I
need 20 minutes or more>>>

As a doubler, there are many occasions when you just don't have time
for
any warm-up at all. Sometimes you may have a matter of a couple of
measures or just a few seconds to put one instrument down and grab
another. That's why you may see a person playing a flute or clarinet
with a saxophone still suspended on the strap, or stuck under the arm.

That's one of the challenges, and one of the things that makes it both
fun and frustrating at the same time.

Ed Lacy
University of Evansville

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