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Author: claclaws
Date: 2004-11-19 08:56
(I think I saw a related posting before, but I can't find it. So I raise the question again.)
Due to practise-time constraint, I'm considering practising in my minivan, during lunch hour.
Long tones and scales and probably Mozart 622 and Weber's posthume intro+variation will take about an hour.
Can you think about any possible hazard, other than people peeking into? I'm worrying about ear damage that people discussed a while ago..
Lucy Lee Jang
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2004-11-19 09:02
Year damage? Can't really see why that would happen. Only thing that can go wrong is if someone crashes into our car while you play. That might be worse than someone crashing into your car if you're just in it without playing clarinet. I can't really think of a reason not to do it.
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Author: donald
Date: 2004-11-19 09:13
have done this many times- sitting in the passenger seat
in fact, i did it last weekend- i'm preparing for a recital and with all the gigs i have at the mo needed to start practise at 7am, so drove around the corner to a nearby bay and sat practising looking at the sea! But many times i've played in the supermarket car park.... etc
it is fabulous for my tone and for adjusting reeds- with zero reverberation you can hear every little flaw and have to work for any depth to your sound.
only problem is- in the winter it's too cold, in the summer it's too hot. of course i'd rather practise somewhere more "normal", but there are times when this has helped pack in those extra hours that are needed.
donald
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Author: VermontJM
Date: 2004-11-19 11:56
Just avoid practicing while driving...
Like cell phones weren't bad enough...
:)
lol.
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2004-11-19 12:26
There was a story on Klarinet a while back (it was told by my old high school clarinet teacher Leon Lester) about a Clarinetist who was practicing in a Kmart parking lot in his car and somebody thought that it was somebody with a shotgun trying to kill himself and called the cops.
:)
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Author: msloss
Date: 2004-11-19 12:42
Don't come a knockin', if this van is a-
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I dunno...
- rockin' to Baermann 3rd division?
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Author: allencole
Date: 2004-11-19 12:57
If you've seen Woody Allen's movie "Wild Man Blues" it has a scene of him practicing in a car. An adult student of mine recently purchased a curved soprano sax for this exact purpose--and it's helping.
The Leon Lester anecdote really hits home. When my sleep apnea was untreated, I once found myself boxed in by fire and EMS vehicles in front of my building. A neighbor had seen me sleeping, knocked on the car window, and assumed that I was dead when I failed to respond. Even more scary was that fact that I was in a corner parking space, and the fire truck almost crunched my car trying to make the turn.
It might be smart to sway back and forth while playing <g>.
Allen Cole
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2004-11-19 13:09
off the beaten path but my wife's house was on fire when she was a child and a neighbor came over, broke the living room window and threw his dog in to the house to wake up her family.
They be some heavy sleepers!!
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2004-11-19 13:10
Which gives me a great idea . . .
Turn in the car for one of those Step-Vans like plumbers or delivery people use, and outfit it as a music studio.
Then one could not only practice on lunch breaks, but could also go into business as a mobile music teacher (a la the mobile dog-grooming and veterinary services one sees from time to time).
The "Music Mobile"?
Susan
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Author: William
Date: 2004-11-19 14:10
Wouln't one be a bit distracted while practicing in a Hummer..............
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2004-11-19 19:15
Make sure you keep track of the temperature as it's going to be regulated by outside temps. Too cold (winter) and that's not good for the clarinet as you're blowing through it. Too warm (summer, windows up and doors closed) and you'll be dehydrating.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: allencole
Date: 2004-11-21 10:10
Actually, there were a couple of guys who DID outfit a stepvan and would park it at my college. They were looking for new artists to record, and I once auditioned to be a 'studio musician' for them. They wanted to form a standing studio orchestra, but seemed oblivious to the idea that the orchestra would need arrangements, and that it would have to fit inside their step van.
I don't know just how on the up-and-up this operation was, but I recently recognized one of the partners on a state police website with photos and addresses of violent sex offenders.
Allen Cole
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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2004-11-21 17:56
msloss wrote:
Don't come a knockin', if this van is a-
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I dunno...
- rockin' to Baermann 3rd division?
squawkin came to mind
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Author: allencole
Date: 2004-11-23 02:55
Do you mean the 'audition' , growlingbunny?
The 'maestro' (his term, not mine) requested that I play "Some Enchanted Evening" from South Pacific. I did this off the top of my head and he just fawned all over it.
After that, and a little conversation, I came to the conclusion that these guys (at best) didn't really know what they were doing.
To them it must've been a gingerbread house on wheels (and actually, it looked like a little german cottage from the outside) and we must've been their potential Hansels and Gretels.
Allen Cole
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Author: DavidC
Date: 2004-11-23 22:20
My old clarinet teacher used to practice in his van while commuting to the Jr. college where he taught, steering with his knees. He said he had just time enough to play through the Debussy Premiere Rhapsodie between my home town and the next little burg down the road. No kidding!
David Coe
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Author: psychotic lil clarinet girl (don't as
Date: 2004-11-24 02:34
hehe, I don't even drive... But sometimes if my clarinet is handy and we're waiting on my little brother or something I'll take it out and play for a few minutes... I've done it a couple of times...
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Author: Bani
Date: 2004-11-24 03:03
> steering with his knees.
IMHO, that can be dangerous. I'd recommend practicising in your car only if it's at full stop.
Thanks and God bless!
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Author: jim lande
Date: 2004-11-28 02:25
If any of you are in contact with taxi-jazz aka conn-o-sax on eBay, write and ask for a copy of his short video tape. Aside from getting to see his dog drive his cab, you can see T-J driving actual passengers in his cab on some of the roller-coaster hills in San Francisco while playing his soprano sax. Playing soprano sax takes more ear than a clarinet (and apparently less brains) so I guess it should be possible to play clarinet in a car.
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