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Author: Joseph
Date: 2000-07-10 05:09
I recently went to a Municipal band concert where a clarinetist soloed on a piece called "Striptease".(its not what you think !!)
The shocker was that 2 minutes in she took the bell off the horn,and continued to play.2 minutes later,off went the lower joint!Then the upper joint.Eventually,she was playing bugle calls on the barrel/mouthpiece only.
So I guess if you get bored in practicing sometime give this a shot to liven things up .
Happy playing,
JoE
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Author: Bob the Composer
Date: 2000-07-10 14:02
I once tried to do this with "Mary had a little lamb" at a talent show once, dissasembling my clarinet piece by piece until I was playing with just the Barrel attached to my mouthpice. And I could still play the tune! But unfortunately, the audition judges wouldn't let me. Does anyone else here have this ability to play tunes with nothing but the barrel attached to the mouthpiece?
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-07-10 15:14
A fine cl'ist-sax'ist, right here in OK, did this several times in our '50-60's dance band, with inappropriate commentary to the delight of the dancers!! My skills at "abbreviated" horns is mainly for checking-out reed playability! Don
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-07-10 18:25
Check out "Immer Kleiner" ("Ever Smaller") by Adolf Schreiner. Then you can play just your mouthpiece for the judges :^)
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Author: Ginny
Date: 2000-07-10 18:38
My son likes to play his clarinet without the mouthpiece. He gets a lovely flute/recorder like tone, pitched at about C concert. My husband taught him to play kaval, a Bulgarian flute, that sounds by blowing sidewise across the edge pf a belevled tube. He plays any tube shaped thing this way, including some (pieces) of his model rockets. Much harder to do than the old coke bottle sound. Now... if I tell him about this he'll go nuts!
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Author: Kontragirl
Date: 2000-07-10 20:02
I can do that too, as well as make numerous other annoying sounds on my mouthpiece. It's great fun, but my cats don't like it very much. Those brass players aren't the only ones that can do it, now are they?
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Author: Willie
Date: 2000-07-11 01:06
I took short piece of white, 1/2 inch PVC pipe and corked one end to fit my old silver Elkhart. Then I bevelled the other end and kept cutting it shorter til I got a reasonable pitch. A rehearsal a while back I sat with the flute section noodling around with them as they warmed up. I just wish I had a picture of the Professors face when he walked in finally saw what I was playing.
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Author: Melissa
Date: 2000-07-11 02:21
somtimes I used to put my trumpet mouth peice in the barrel and play tunes that way. It was a different sound, but i workd :o)
Melissa
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Author: Kontragirl
Date: 2000-07-11 03:08
Willie wrote:
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I took short piece of white, 1/2 inch PVC pipe and corked one end to fit my old silver Elkhart. Then I bevelled the other end and kept cutting it shorter til I got a reasonable pitch. A rehearsal a while back I sat with the flute section noodling around with them as they warmed up. I just wish I had a picture of the Professors face when he walked in finally saw what I was playing.
That reminds me of the "Sqeakerphones" that a couple of my clarinet friends make out of straws. They've got a whole family of them too, starting from sopranino working down to contrabass. One of them could play our marching music on them...I guess we get a little bored in these parts.
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Author: Allen Cole
Date: 2000-07-11 05:07
What band did you hear playing "Striptease?" (or what city was it in?) I'd love to take a crack at that myself.
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Author: Bob the Composer
Date: 2000-07-12 13:49
Kontragirl wrote:------------------------------- That reminds me of the "Sqeakerphones" that a couple of my clarinet friends make out of straws. They've got a whole family of them too, starting from sopranino working down to contrabass. One of them could play our marching music on them...I guess we get a little bored in these parts.
Bob:
Could you describe these Squeakerphones to me? I might be interested in writing some music for them. If you don't want to discuss it here, feel free to email me.
Bob
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Author: Kontragirl
Date: 2000-07-13 01:18
It doesn't take much to make a Sqeakerphone, you cut a V shaped mouthpiece out of one side and make little notches for the fingers. It takes practice, but once mastered, you can annoy anyone with a straw. I'm also a composer, but I never even thought of composing something for them. Let me know if it works out, and if you need any more information on them, let me know. Have fun!
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Author: Bob the Composer
Date: 2000-07-13 20:48
Thank you for the information. Several questions, though;
1. You mentioned several different types of Squeakerphones (Sopranino to Contrabass) Are those distinctions made by cutting off part of the straw, with the full straw being the Contrabass? Or is the Contrabass made with multiple straws?
2. Is there any particular system for the holes (i.e. how many and how far apart?)?
Bob
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Author: HTW
Date: 2000-07-14 03:56
A neat effect is sticking the end of your mouthpiece (or barrel if you have a plastic one) into a glass of water while you play a note on it. It's a great 20th century effect.
Can someone post the publishing info for Striptease and "Ever smaller" on here? Those sound like interesting pieces
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