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Author: Melissa
Date: 2003-11-27 00:21
I am playing the song Armenian Dances by Alfred Reed. I just wanted to know anything you can possibly know about this song... what fingerings I should use, where the song originated... anything.
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Author: angelpineapple
Date: 2003-11-27 00:39
I played Armenian Dances earlier this year for band. I think there's a section at the beginning of the score that talks about where the ideas for each different section came from. My director read it to us and I found it kinda interesting.
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Author: diz
Date: 2003-11-27 02:05
Melissa - to start you on your journey of discovery:
a) - it's technically a piece (not a song, as it's not sung)
b) - a little about the work:
As suite of five Armenian dance songs; "The Apricot Tree," "The Partridge's Song," "Hoy, "Nazan Eem, Alagyaz," and "Go Go."
All five of these tunes have very catchy melodies. The whole suite is very exciting rhythmically using many quaver (8th notes to you americans) passages with exciting percussion accompaniments. There may be a problem in the third dance with meter. There is a passage that alternates from 6/8 to 5/8 for about six measures.
Hope this helps
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Author: Keil
Date: 2003-11-27 02:58
It's a wonderful piece, having performing it as principal clarinet 6 times in one year I can tell you a bit as far as fingerings but i'd need to know specific problem areas seeing as how the piece as a whole has plenty of tricky technical spots.
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