From: Louis Rugani
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:37:20 -0600
Subject: [CB] Greetings.
I bid all my fellow Bbassists a Merry Christmas, and I toast you
all with a tubal libation.
Regards....
Lou
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **-=3D\/=3D-** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The opposite of bravery is not cowardice, but conformity.
=96 Robert Anthony
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From: "Sung Hwang Wang"
Subject: [CB] Leblanc contrabass FS
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:40:00 -0800
Thank you Grant and Arthur for your quick fix suggestions.
I will look into it.
There is a contrabass clarinet on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10182&item=3770583999&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Can anyone tell if this is indeed a Bb contrabass? If so,
how can one tell if it goes down to low C without looking for thumb
keys?
While we are on the topic, are there any visual cues to
differentiate Leblanc 340 and 350?
Willy
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From: "Sarah Cordish"
Subject: Re: [CB] Bouncing contras
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:22:26 +0200
I don't play contra clarinet; but immediately thought of the
sort of thing cellists use to keep their pegs from slipping when they
hold the cello at playing angle.
This is a strap or piece of wood hooked to the chair leg with
hole punched/drilled to hold the peg.
Sarah
<who doesn't play cello, either>
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Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:01:03 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
From: gordon hallgren
Subject: Re: [CB] Leblanc contrabass FS
this appears to be a 340. if it's a BBb Contra Bass, i suspect
it only goes to low D (concert C). the height of the bell is a clue. in
my experience, if the bell is about as high as the topmost part of the
instrument it goes to low C. this one is a little shorter, like my own
340, which only goes to low D.
gordon
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Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:46:51 -0800
From: "Grant Green"
Subject: [CB] CD REVIEW
Hi,
Vinny Golia has a new CD entitled "Music for Like Instruments: The Flutes"
(NWCD0269, Ninewinds Records, 2004). This is not your typical flute
quartet! The musicians are Ellen Burr (piccolo, C flute, alto flute);
Jennifer Roth (piccolo, C flute, alto flute); Fawntice McCain (C
flute); and Vinny (Db picc, C picc, G picc (aka G treble), C flute,
alto flute, bass flute, and contrabass flute).
Tracks:
- Lonely Micheal ("The Last of the Wasabi Series")
- An Alternative to Oregnum
- On the Train
- Dr. Lubbeck pays a visit, so Sam phones some friends
- Poece
- Wasabi-One
- Six-Ninety
- Aquarina
- The Machinery of History
- The Everyday Phone Call (for Bobby Bradford)
- Wasabi-Two
- Red Dirt
- Wasabi-Three
- Da-A
- Xenomorph
The music itself encompasses both jazz and modern/avant-garde
classical. There is (I'm assuming) free improvisation, as well as
composed melody and harmony. The contrabass flute isn't used on all
tracks, but you will definitely hear it when it comes in ;-)
I'm enjoying it a lot: this is a great disc. If you're looking
for a stocking stuffer - even your own... ;-)
Enjoy!
Grant
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