Klarinet Archive - Posting 000124.txt from 2005/05

From: "Warren Rosenberg" <wrosenberg47@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Al Jolson vs. Ludacris, 50 Cent, Snoopy-Doggy-Dog, etc.
Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 14:44:46 -0400

Wes, Great Point!

While the sensitives brood over Al Jolson's "Mammy", Step'in Fetchit, Amos
and Andy, Aunt Jemima, etc., below you'll find "hit" lyrics by Ludacris
(just one tiny example) that TODAY'S world is listening to. Makes you
wonder which period was worse. I think I know. Al Jolson sang with heart
and didn't stoop to well, you know....or you'll see in a minute :-) .

I think I'd rather be watchin' Al Jolson singing Mammy than watching
Ludacris on MTV or Fifty Cent or all the other popular "THUG" and GANGSTA
RAPPERS "educating" our youth and selling records by the millions! (Of
course, this "music" wouldn't be damaging to society at all, it's just
music!)

I've included the lyrics of "Mammy" down below and you can see what a SWEET
picture it portrays of a long'in to be with one's mother again.
Kinda reminds me of "A Yiddishe Momme".
Warren
P.S. Just to include a clarinet topic, I was wondering how damaging would
it be if I just kept my clarinet out most of the time. When one wants to
play drums or guitar or piano, etc., one just picks them up or sits down (or
even stands!). I think I would practice/play much, much more if it was a
little easier to just pick it up and set it down. I would probably play
often throughout the day. But the "ordeal" of taking it out of the case,
etc., is a pain.
I was thinking of even getting a plastic one so it would be less of a risk
(i assume).
And even if I had to replace it every couple of years or whatever, it would
be worth the convenience.
2nd clarinet point: I don't like drinking out of dirty glasses. How do
you, if you do, clean your mouthpiece. Is there any hygeine one practices
in this realm. I thank you.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wes Kilpatrick" <whkilpatrick@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Possible racist views in music titles (was: Rubank Method:
not all by Voxman)

> Perhaps I am ignorant on this point but does this possibly interpret to
> Black Dance and possibly not a racist remark. Also on the point of being
> embarrassed by history. Are we to either erase history or ignore it just
> because we do not agree with it now? The whole point of learning history
in
> the first place is to learn from the mistakes of the past. It happened!
> Learn from it, don't live in it.
>
> Wes

> is the slimy nature of his character; i.e., not much differnt in
> > effect that Stepp'n-Fetchit's portrayals in the 30's and 40's.
> >
> >
> >
> Lord knows that Al Jolson, dressed in blackface and
> > singing "Mammy" would be hooted off the stage today.
> >
> > > >
> > Dan Leeson
> > DNLeeson@-----.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Margaret Thornhill [mailto:clarinetstudio@-----.net]
> > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 8:37 AM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: [kl] Rubank Method: not all by Voxman
> >
> >
> > Adam wrote:
> >>> The Rubank methods, in my opinion, go much too fast for a rank
> > musical
> >>> beginner.
> >
> > Yes, for woodwind-specific reasons that are solved in part by
> > books like
> > Galper's and mine, such as developing a fine legato in the
> > chalumeau before
> > moving up.
> >
> > Chuck wrote:
> >> If it goes too fast perhaps one should slow down and thoroughly
> > learn each
> >> line. Mr. Voxman knew exactly what he was writing in the 30's.
> >>
> >
> > Fond memories aside, the Rubank books I have in my library (NEW)
> > are still
> > edited by:
> > (Beginning) Nilo Hovey and (Intermediate--1936) J.E. Skornicka
> > and Robert
> > Miller.
> > It is the advanced books that were edited by H. Voxman.
> >
> > The first two books are in desperate need of revision.
> >
> > Some small examples of why:
> >
> > Virtually all the melodic material in the Intermediate book is in
> > the form
> > of duets. The worst are by Skornicka. Others are by the
> > violinist, Mazas
> > (source of many of the Rose Etudes) including one actually called
> > "Danse
> > Negre."
> >
> > In a book with fewer than 50 pages, at least five are devoted to
> > trills and
> > grace notes, the darlings of the 19th century.(Klose also puts a
> > disproportionate, by modern standards, emphasis on
> > ornamentation.) How often
> > does a 7th grade player ever hear a "triple grace note" (read
> > that, "turn")
> > let alone need to have one ready to improvise?
> >
> > There are useful technical studies in a variety of keys. There
> > is an
> > emphasis on developing staccato and velocity, which the player
> > may or may
> > not be ready for.
> >
> > If an intermediate student already has this, I let him use the
> > scale studies
> > and fingering chart and cut to the chase by giving him other
> > things like the
> > wonderful 60 Rambles (which sadly, are also starting to seem a
> > little dated)
> > the Hite books, the Eric Simon pieces, Voxman's own duets (which
> > are fine)
> > and as much melodic material of all types as he is willing to
> > buy. A good
> > one that came to me recently is the Australian, Mark Walton's "66
> > Great
> > Tunes."
> >
> > Margaret Thornhill
> >
> > http://home.comcast.net/~clarinetstudio/
> >
> >
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