Klarinet Archive - Posting 000452.txt from 2010/09

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Improvising in Mozart's clarinet music
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 07:15:55 -0400

What if one approached improvisation by marking out the chord
structure and some key land marks and played from that like many jazz
musicians do?

One thing my clarinet instructor said regarding being concerned about
getting all the notes was to stay within the key signature and you
will be in pretty good shape. It was funny, as an uptight person, I
ended up with a rather flamboyant, almost flippant instructor. Of
course I went through the whole thing with complete seriousness. I
guess I mostly ignored what I considered flippant frippery; "*I* was
above that stuff" (chocolate covered nose in the air...) It didn't
even bother me when a family friend commented that the fellow
(instructor) made him (the family friend) feel he wanted to shoot the
instructor in the knees. I mindlessly repeated that on a couple
occasions. I suppose to see what sort of reaction I would get. I
never did get much. Perhaps b/c I never gave much reaction...

C'est la vie. I really need to sleep. Good night!

-Jen
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