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Author: clarinetgiggirl
Date: 2004-11-18 09:45
I'm off to Rio, Brazil next week and as this is a truly international bulletin board, I wondered if anyone had any advice.
I am not sure whether to take my clarinet - it usually goes on holiday with me so I can practice (I LOVE practicing!), but with warnings of a high crime rate, I am not sure.
Also, I know clarinet does not feature heavily in Samba/Bosa Nova, but can anyone recommend any particular venues/bands to look out for?
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2004-11-18 13:59
I know there is actually a lot of clarinet in Brazilian music, since I have a friend who plays the stuff. I'm afraid I forget the name of that particular style though! :(
Try searching on Google or something for Brazil and clarinet and see what happens...
Katrina
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2004-11-18 14:14
I wouldn't advise taking it!
Enjoy your vacation and make it a vacation. As well, you never know who is closeby in a room trying to sleep off their hangover (it is Rio afterall) and would get annoyed.
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2004-11-18 16:08
Clarinet does play a part in Brazilian music, but I don't know how to search for that. Not having been there myself, I still bet you will hear a clarinet or two while you are down there, if you go searching venues for live music.
Brazilian clarinet ensemble "Sujeito a Guincho" played at the ICA convention 1998 in Columbus, OH. I think they are based in Sao Paulo, though. "Sujeito a guancho" means "caught on a hook" - what the tow truck does to your car when you park illegally. Changing "guancho" to "guincho" changes the meaning to "caught on a squeak", a pun. These guys have gobs of chops and don't squeak, though. If you can sit still while they play Brazilian tunes, you must be made of stone.
If you have to take your instrument, put all of your tools into your checked luggage. Think about leaving any reed knives at home. Take your spare instrument if you are worried about safety. Think about having the hotel lock it in their safe, if you want to deal with the hassle.
Regards
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Author: CPW
Date: 2004-11-18 17:29
Learn to play Ravel's Bolero,
cornrow your hair,
add beads,
use the bikini for a swab
and count to "10" ![[hot]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/hot.gif)
.....then run!
edit added for the edification of the younguns....Movie "10" with Bo Derek (who she?)
was set on beach in Latin America, and the theme song was....see above.
Against the windmills of my mind
The jousting pole splinters
Post Edited (2004-11-18 17:31)
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Author: John Morton
Date: 2004-11-18 18:03
Brazil is the home of some of the greatest music for clarinet! Choro is a pre-samba popular music which uses marvelous combinations of instruments in small groups. Typically included might be 7-string guitar, cavaquinho (a tiny 4-string thing), pandeiro (a sort of tambourine), mandolin and one or more other melody instruments - favorites seem to be clarinet, trombone and saxophone. However there are few rules governing the combinations.
I sit regularly with an amateur bunch who play from music ordered from Brazil. Last night three clarinets showed up, so I played bass clarinet, great fun! A choro craze in the U.S. was initiated a few years ago by the mandolinist Mike Marshall, whose Choro Famoso has a new CD featuring a clarinetist. More famously, Yo Yo Ma recorded a selection of Brazilian tunes that includes several choros.
Yo Yo's CD is called "Obrigado Brazil" and features Paquito D'Rivera. The Choro Famoso CD is self-titled, and Mike Marshall also has a lovely recording called "Brasil - Duets" with several choros. Of course the Brazilian natives are the authority on this, especially those from the state of Bahia. I mention the American recordings because they are easy to get.
bon voyage
John Morton
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2004-11-18 19:48
Choro! That's it!!! Thanks John...
That's what the guys I know play...
And it's really really really neat stuff!
Katrina
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Author: elmo lewis
Date: 2004-11-20 22:18
I have heard that it is very difficult and expensive to take instruments in and out of Brazil due to bizarre customs fees-even if the instrument is for your own personal use. Maybe someone who has gone to Brazil with an instrument could comment.
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