Comments for The Buzzing Reed, David Thomas' Clarinet Blog http://blog.davidhthomas.net Thoughts from an Orchestral Clarinetist, Soloist, Teacher Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:52:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on What? A Piece for Clarinet and Organ? by jules http://blog.davidhthomas.net/2009/12/what-a-piece-for-clarinet-and-organ/comment-page-1/#comment-10971 jules Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:52:57 +0000 http://blog.davidhthomas.net/?p=2004#comment-10971 My choir director (a.k.a. amazing organist) was telling me the other day that she thought clarinet and organ would work well together. Thanks for the ideas on pieces to suggest to her. I love this blog. My choir director (a.k.a. amazing organist) was telling me the other day that she thought clarinet and organ would work well together. Thanks for the ideas on pieces to suggest to her. I love this blog.

]]> Comment on What? A Piece for Clarinet and Organ? by dtclarinet http://blog.davidhthomas.net/2009/12/what-a-piece-for-clarinet-and-organ/comment-page-1/#comment-10972 dtclarinet Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:33:06 +0000 http://blog.davidhthomas.net/?p=2004#comment-10972 That's a great idea. I've played it with piano and also with strings. That's a great idea. I've played it with piano and also with strings.

]]> Comment on What? A Piece for Clarinet and Organ? by Don Platter http://blog.davidhthomas.net/2009/12/what-a-piece-for-clarinet-and-organ/comment-page-1/#comment-10970 Don Platter Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:58:52 +0000 http://blog.davidhthomas.net/?p=2004#comment-10970 Try the slow (Carol) movement of Finzi's Five Bagatelles. Somewhat shorter, less well-known, but works well with organ and clarinet. Try the slow (Carol) movement of Finzi's Five Bagatelles. Somewhat shorter, less well-known, but works well with organ and clarinet.

]]> Comment on Sacred music for clarinet and choir by dtclarinet http://blog.davidhthomas.net/2010/02/sacred-music-for-clarinet-and-choir/comment-page-1/#comment-10968 dtclarinet Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:53:03 +0000 http://blog.davidhthomas.net/?p=2383#comment-10968 Thanks James. I assumed you might work there. I'll write to them.<br /><br /><br />-- Sent from my Palm Pre Thanks James. I assumed you might work there. I'll write to them.

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]]> Comment on Daily Practice of Conscious Rest by dtclarinet http://blog.davidhthomas.net/2010/03/daily-practice-of-conscious-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-10967 dtclarinet Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:51:04 +0000 http://blog.davidhthomas.net/?p=2393#comment-10967 Exactly. The motions and mechanisms of breathing should remain virtually the same.<br /><br /><br />-- Sent from my Palm Pre Exactly. The motions and mechanisms of breathing should remain virtually the same.

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]]> Comment on Daily Practice of Conscious Rest by James Langdell http://blog.davidhthomas.net/2010/03/daily-practice-of-conscious-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-10966 James Langdell Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:20:25 +0000 http://blog.davidhthomas.net/?p=2393#comment-10966 I used to practice clarinet lying on my back this way. The main adjustment was to put the thumb on the other side of the thumbrest, and let gravity work for you to support the instrument in the other direction. Trying to interact with the instrument in this different position helped to locate habitual tensions in arms, hands, face, throat, and especially diaphragm, when the different relation to gravity no longer made the same sense. When I tried this, I was taking singing lessons with a teacher who would include practice of singing in this relaxed position on the floor, so I tried extending it to clarinet, with useful results. I used to practice clarinet lying on my back this way. The main adjustment was to put the thumb on the other side of the thumbrest, and let gravity work for you to support the instrument in the other direction. Trying to interact with the instrument in this different position helped to locate habitual tensions in arms, hands, face, throat, and especially diaphragm, when the different relation to gravity no longer made the same sense. When I tried this, I was taking singing lessons with a teacher who would include practice of singing in this relaxed position on the floor, so I tried extending it to clarinet, with useful results.

]]> Comment on Sacred music for clarinet and choir by James Langdell http://blog.davidhthomas.net/2010/02/sacred-music-for-clarinet-and-choir/comment-page-1/#comment-10965 James Langdell Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:13:35 +0000 http://blog.davidhthomas.net/?p=2383#comment-10965 I don't know. I didn't see any performer credits for this recording at the Beckenhorst publisher's web site. I don't know. I didn't see any performer credits for this recording at the Beckenhorst publisher's web site.

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