Klarinet Archive - Posting 000357.txt from 2005/07

From: OhSuzan419@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: New to the list...question on duet literature
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:38:24 -0400

In a message dated 7/29/2005 6:05:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
r.n.taylor@-----.uk writes:

<<Having said that, I often amuse myself
on clarinet with smatterings of Irish music that I can recall, and some of
the tunes seem, to me, to work well with the tonal characteristics of the
instrument. >>

And if you have played with a concert band, you will know that the clarinets
are invariably given the "jig" melody in every Irish medley ever written for
that group.

Susan

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Klarinet is a service of Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org