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Author: rubricyte
Date: 2005-01-07 13:17
I'm new to the world of the clarinet. What are the generally used pronunciations of French manufacturers - real French or Americanized? i.e., is Selmer pronounced Sel-may or Selmer (rhymes with Elmer)? What about Van Doren, and Buffett?
Thanks.
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Author: CPW
Date: 2005-01-07 13:20
Buffet as in the cat food...Friskies...or as in a large trough of food for the proletariat to use to pig out.
Selmer...as in Fudd
Van Doren and in moving Van and as in Door In
dont even ask about Noblet
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Author: HedgeWitch
Date: 2005-01-07 13:28
Noblet = No as in what I say to my boyfriend every night and blet to rhyme with slay.
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Author: rubricyte
Date: 2005-01-07 13:31
ahhhh, come on.... what about Noblet?
Is it "Nob" as in Bob and "lit" as in the light bulb goes on?
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-01-07 13:35
Buffet as in the piece of furniture, not as Warren. Embouchure as in our s[h]ure, other words look in a big dichionary, Fr/Eng, never took Fr, only conversation was in Switzerland, neither of us understood !! Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-01-07 14:19
....but how about Chadash....which prob. isn't french but the true pronun. of which is interesting
Bob Draznik
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2005-01-07 14:49
Guy Chadash pronounces his name in the French way: chu-DAHSH.
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Author: CPW
Date: 2005-01-07 15:49
OK so do we not make him latkes (laht-kahs) for "chu-na-kah"?
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Author: kfeder@hotmail.com
Date: 2005-01-07 17:17
"vito" and "yamaha" are pronounced by the French pretty much the same as in English except for the Yiddish speaking klezmorim of the Bordeaux region who only use Buffets (pronounced as in "Jimmy Buffet") or Thibouville
freres clarinets.
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Author: rubricyte
Date: 2005-01-07 18:32
Merci! (The French would say it sort of like"Mare-SEE," but no matter how you pronounce it, it still means Thanks! It's been fun reading your responses. ;>
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Author: kal
Date: 2005-01-07 18:33
I've noticed Americans and Britons tend to say "buff-ay" while Europeans use the more proper "boof-ay".
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2005-01-07 18:39
Did we answer the Noblet question? It's no blay.
Vito is the Italian pronounciation--V toe.
Chadash is the New Jersey pronounciation of automobile
Kaa
Combined with the British pronounciation of dash
daaashh
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Author: CPW
Date: 2005-01-07 18:59
I had a dull clarinet
so I buffed-it
and the logo revealed
it was a Buff-et
So now shall I say
(and please dont say nay)
It is NOT a Buffay
but a Buff-ette
Let it not be forgot
whether P.C. --or not
that the Bassoon
is also a faggott
And also recall
as these words we overhauled
that the Flute-- or is it flaut?
is in other elsewhere (Galway perhaps?) flaunted
Now I will not bash
Guys who nimbly eschew
Cha-dash for chu-Dash
.........who knew!??
Against the windmills of my mind
The jousting pole splinters
Post Edited (2005-01-07 20:11)
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2005-01-07 21:11
Actually the pronounciation of Chadash is like the german 'CH'. The word Chadash means 'new' in hebrew.
Buffet is pronounced Boofe.
Selmer is Selmer (but the R sounds rediculous in american accent).
Van Doren, again, like English but the R sounds different.
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Author: Robert Moody
Date: 2005-01-07 22:09
Let's not forget the key system of most clarinets we use is the Boehm or pronounced "Bay"m. I know that there are a number of younger clarinetist on this board that would probably pronounce the Boehm system as BO-ehm. Yes? ![[cool]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/cool.gif)
Robert Moody
http://www.musix4me.com
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-01-07 23:01
I say "Beem" and I say Pah-tah-tah, you say "Can't stand yah."...(courtesy of Seinfeld).......which leads me to the lyrics of Cole Porter....plug for the movie "De-Lovely" which I just can't say enough good about.....
Bob Draznik
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Author: Neil
Date: 2005-01-08 00:24
I say Bome (I know it's not correct, but it's easier). Also I think On-ree Sel-mer sounds funny, either his first name should be changed to Henry or his last name pronounced Sel-may, for the sake of consistancy.
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2005-01-08 01:28
Ask Mark Char-ray....or is it Char-ett?
Ay tu Brutay?
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
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Author: psychotic lil clarinet girl (don't as
Date: 2005-01-08 04:43
lol... these are the things I thought when I was looking for my first clarinet on ebay! Buff-et or Buff-ay... haha... But what does it matter, as long as people can understand you... lol... and plus Buff-ay sounds like a meal where you serve yourself... lol... I mean, if your clarinet brand name is pronounced as Buff-ay, does this mean you're going to eat your clarinet? haha...
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