Klarinet Archive - Posting 000187.txt from 2011/05

From: "Keith Bowen" <keith.bowen@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Seeking CD that demonstrates suggested embellishments
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 08:46:36 -0400

Joe,
The late and great Dennis Godburn said to a coaching group once

'However badly you sing, you sing better than you can play'

I guess in some cases you have to do 'thought experiments'!

Cheers, Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Wakeling [mailto:joseph.wakeling@-----.net]
Sent: 27 May 2011 15:38
To: klarinet@-----.com
Subject: Re: [kl] Seeking CD that demonstrates suggested embellishments

On 05/27/2011 03:47 PM, Keith Bowen wrote:
> The wind ornamentation tradition comes much more from singers. So don't
play
> anything that you can't sing.

Hmmm, perhaps you should rephrase that as "that can't be sung". I know
that (many) trills are singable, but I'm buggered if I can do it ... :-)

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