Klarinet Archive - Posting 000185.txt from 2009/10

From: "Matthew Lloyd" <matthew@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Coolest
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:29:52 -0400

What does "cool" mean, if not measured in Kelvin?

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From: sarah elbaz [mailto:sarah@-----.com]=20
Sent: 18 October 2009 06:25
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Coolest

Mozart loved it, and his best friend played it :-)

I wouldn't call the clarinet the" coolest" just cool, and all =
instruments
are cool. If one of the kids doesn't want
to play it - there are other cool instruments. Just an educational =
point of
view.

Sarah

> -------Original Message-------
> From: Lora Crighton <lcrighton@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Coolest
> Sent: 18 Oct '09 01:15
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> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Doug Potter <doug@-----.net> =
wrote:
> > It is the only wind instrument that overblows by a twelfth =
(register)
> > instead of an octave. =A0 =A0This is part of why it has such a wide =
range.
> >
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> Also how low it can play compared to other instruments of the same
> length!=A0=A0If there are any science-geeky kids in the class, they =
would
> probably be interested in why. The coolest thing I did in high school
> was one class in grade 9 science when we were talking about waves &
> the teacher got out an oscilloscope, invited us all to talk, sing, or
> play our instruments, then we talked about the patterns & what they
> meant - it was interesting to compare the flute & clarinet waves.
> =20
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> "let your weeds lack dew and duly starve."
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