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Author: Willie
Date: 2001-02-13 04:07
At community band we just got a piece called American Salute by Morton Gould and its wild and fast. I'm almost to the point of trading my clarinet for a triangle. its rated at grade 6 and its note for note the same arrangement played by the Boston Pops on one of my CDs except we don't have all the fiddles. Anybody had any experience with this one? Its a great piece and will sound really good if we can get it down and ironed out.
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Author: Eils
Date: 2001-02-13 11:10
Do not diss triangles.I am a percussionist as well as a clarinettist, and triangles are wonderful things!!!!Theres one hundred and one different sounds you can get out of a triangle!!!
Eils.
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Author: William
Date: 2001-02-13 14:41
I have played American Salute many times but cannot remember any specific "technotricks" that will make it easier to play. You might add a few slurs in the clarinet duet if tonguing is a problem but, other than that, just practice carefully, listen to the entire ensemble and try to keep up. By the way, you know the definition of a "percussionist?" Thats a drummer that hangs around with musicians. Seriously, as any good and experianced musician knows, good percussionists who can play all of those many instruments with the many varied styles required and still keep a steady beat are very hard to find and a pleasure to play with when found. So, perhaps turning your clarinet into a lamp would have been a better choice. Even then you would be stuck with a life-time search for the "perfect bulb" of the correct " watt strength" to produce a light that is "not too bright" but adequate to "project" through the shade to all corners of the room. Good clarineting.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-02-13 15:55
Well said, William! Yes, I've played the Am Salute also, even my bass cl part had some tough passages, and I listen and sometimes smile re: the 1st cl section's work on it!! We also have several more "patriotic" "medleys" where as I recall we MUST watch our [cl expert] conductor carefully to not mess up the tempo and "railroad track" changes. Will try to post some of these titles. Don
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Author: Pat
Date: 2001-02-13 16:23
That is a funny piece for me. I played it in high school when i was a freshman. I played it on bass clarinet. I thought it was the hardest piece, but my band director at the time rehearsed it over and over. When i was in all county band that same year, it was on the program and I learned that piece very well from hearing other sections rehearse it.
Unfortunatley my sohpmore year, my band decided to put it on the marching band field. I got sick of that piece very fast after rehearsing it on the marching field 5 to 6 days a week for Tourtoment of band competition.
Later I played it when i went on a tour with a youth orchestra. I felt wierd to be in England on the fourth of July.
it is a playable piece with practicing and lots of listening. I think of that now as a fun piece with some tricky parts. The piece sounds cool when everything fits in place. That is my story on that piece.
pat
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Author: Al
Date: 2001-02-13 22:48
Great piece.
Try his Yankee Doodle, Dixie, Jericho,and the simpler Pavanne.
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