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Author: Eugene
Date: 2002-12-14 17:39
anybody know of a place I can get celtic music for quartet or riverdance music for clarinet with piano accomp.
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Author: Mario
Date: 2002-12-15 03:50
This is a good question. I have looked, and looked, and looked... I am a big fan of celtic music but I play an instrument for which such music is extremely rare.
I have switched to using good ol' fashion fiddle music (always infested with sharps - violon oblige) transposing it for my A clarinet (it is actually easier than it seems since you just have to add/remove lines from the staf, adjust key signature of course).
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Author: Steve Epstein
Date: 2002-12-15 06:07
You'll probably need to use tunebooks; i.e. "fiddle music", as Mario explained, and do your own arranging.
What is the reason you want this music, or what purpose do you have for playing it? Strictly enjoyment, or are you playing for dancing? Or for performance? Who is your audience?
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Author: Eugene
Date: 2002-12-17 03:51
every year our concertband puts on a public paying performance in which some of us do a solo performance I"m thiking of clar. piano and percusion
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Author: Steve Epstein
Date: 2002-12-17 05:03
With celtic music, if you do a "folk' arrangement, the piano will play mostly rhythm accompaniment, playing "boom-chucks" as it's sometimes called, working from the chord chart in your fakebook. You will play the melody, as if you were the fiddle player. The drummer will hopefully add something and not get in the way:-)
To hear what that's like, you should get to a contradance in your town, preferably on a night when they have a band that uses a piano. Whereabouts do you live? I could also recommend some CD's to you - with an actual clarinet.
Another thing you might do is go to a local Irish session. These are jam sessions usually located in Irish pubs, conveniently for the refreshments. They're advertised in the local newspapers in the entertainment section and especially advertised in those free-bee alternative newspapers. Many don't have a keyboard player, though, and favor the guitar, which backs differently. Don't bring your clarinet along, though, unless you can play those tunes by ear.
Ultimately, I'd wind up playing a three tune medley, with each tune in a different key (although the first and last can be in the same key; it's the change that matters). You play each tune say, four times or so. The first time, just straight on. The second time, maybe a bit of melodic improv, but staying real close to the melody. The third time, you have the percussion player change the instrument he's using. The fourth time, maybe the piano player changes from boom-chucks to block chords. Then you switch tunes. These are just ideas, not gospel. How much time do you have to prepare?
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