Klarinet Archive - Posting 000179.txt from 2009/10
From: Mark Thiel <mark.thiel@-----.com> Subj: [kl] Coolest Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:44:04 -0400
Dear List=2C
I recently began teaching beginning clarinet to kids about 10 years old in =
an early morning before-school program.=A0 (A bit of a change for me since =
I last taught a few decades ago and that was calculus.)=A0 Anyway I decided=
that I would have a session every week while the kids were putting their c=
larinets away on "Why the clarinet is the coolest instrument in the world".=
=A0 I intend to play examples of my reasons.=A0=A0 Anyway=2C I need you all=
to come up with more points for my list.=A0 If you DON'T think that the cl=
arinet is the coolest=2C I highly respect your opinion -- but don't want to=
hear it.=A0 I also fully expect many of you to get sidetracked with the is=
sue of whether the term "cool"=A0 is still cool --especially among 10-year-=
olds.=A0 Anyway=2C here is my list so far:
Wide range -- or "it has a lot of notes"=A0 This is the only one I've done =
so far.=A0 I played chromatically E to C and had them count 1 to 45 along w=
ith me.
Wide dynamic range -- or "plays loud and quiet".=A0 I guess I'll just play =
some song and get loud and them fade to niente.
has a good family - I'll bring in all the clarinets I own or can borrow and=
play and do a bit of something typical=A0 -- a little Eulenspiegel (no =2C=
I WON'T be apologizing for not having a D clarinet)=2C the bass lick from =
Grofe Canyon=2C etc.
Plays many kinds of music -- I guess I can play something classical=2C fake=
my way through a little=2C Dixieland=2C Jazz=2C Klezmer.=A0 I've no idea w=
hat to play in the way of Pop or other genres.
Can sound like different animals or whatever
=A0 Cat from Peter & Wolf
=A0 Cuckoo in Pastorale=2Cetc. (that would be a good trivia question -- how=
many examples of the clarinet Cuckoo can you name?)
=A0 Rogue in Eulenspiegel?
=A0 there must be other examples ----- ????
Range of tone color -- not sure how to go about this -- can't be too subtle=
.
I anticipate excellent additions and suggestions from all of you.
Mark Thiel
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