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Post by arcticiceburg on Mar 1, 2007 18:34:20 GMT -5
good site, pretty reliable, and so far There reeds come to me without to much damage from shipping.....and they come from the newyork area....and im in Cali.... sadly it gets here faster then local mail..... becuse the Post OFFICE IS STUPID. Dont get me on that rant....but yeah....My friend sent a letter cross town....and it went to jersey and back before they got it. but good site, pretty good delivery. Your annoyance with mail reminded me of our oboe professor's complaint to the double reed tech class last fall: "Despite the fact that the Jones Reed Company is located 80 miles from here, it is less expensive to buy and ship Jones reeds through a company in New York." Evidently the reeds that travel nearly 6,000 miles (across the country and back) are worth less than ones that travel 80 miles. And now for something completely different: Bassoonarama takes place this Saturday! Anyone living in the Spokane, WA/Cheney, WA area should take the opportunity to see close to 45 bassoonists perform in one ensemble as well as Luke Bakken's contraforte (a new and improved variation on the contrabassoon).
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Post by alrec on Mar 21, 2007 18:24:21 GMT -5
^ I hate you...
well we both know I dont, but still.
I hope it was fun..... -_-
anyways does anyone know the name of a really good bassoonist....perferablly a few. Im at the point where I need to start shopping for a tone I like.
"Amateurs borrow, proffesionals steal". Proffesionals also make it there own. thats a side note, so you know Im not encouraging you to go and be a clone of someone else becuse you will be a worse version....then again Dolly Parkinson entered a dolly Parkinson look-al-ike contest and came in 3rd.
and finnaly.... OVERBLOWING.
I never thoufght Id reach that point with my horn (She can take a lot of air pressure) but I have finnaly done it.
Admitedlly I dont post often for reasons unknown to you but I do stop by and check things out.
Peace.
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Post by arcticiceburg on Mar 25, 2007 23:17:09 GMT -5
Good professionals: Kim Walker, Nadina Mackie Jackson, Dag Jensen, Danny Bond (plays on a baroque bassoon), Frank Morelli, Milan Turkovic, David McGill, Klaus Thunemann, Bernard Garfield, Christopher Milard, and Susan Nigro (contrabassoon).
Daniel Smith recorded all of the Vivaldi concerti, so he can be heard on NPR, but his technique is not on par with the bassoonists mentioned above. He is the one bassoonist that we are told to NOT encourage students to listen to.
If you haven't done so, check out the "Bassoonists on YouTube" thread. A video from Bassoonarama (which I was in earlier this month) is now linked there. This may be a rare occasion for hearing 20 bassoons play a high D at the same time.
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Post by alrec on Mar 27, 2007 20:39:53 GMT -5
I am so jealous its not even funny. but that is a rocking vid!
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Post by alrec on Apr 2, 2007 18:02:15 GMT -5
ok.... Is it Nadina Mackie Jackson? or was there a name crunch involved?
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Post by arcticiceburg on Apr 2, 2007 20:50:30 GMT -5
It is Nadina Mackie Jackson. I'm jealous of her playing- she makes everything sound so much easier than I can play it. She's a Canadian bassoonist and plays with the Caliban Quartet in addition to having solo recordings.
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Post by alrec on Apr 25, 2007 18:11:38 GMT -5
Yeah.... but we will get there.
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Post by arcticiceburg on May 5, 2007 18:56:05 GMT -5
Ron Klimko, who lives in IDRS infamy, was at a memorial service for a former music professor today. When those in attendance were asked to share anecdotes about the man being honored, Klimko responded with a story about how he was playing a bassoon quartet piece arranged by this professor at our jazz festival. (I believe the bassoonists were accompanying Lionel Hampton.) Lionel Hampton asked if any of the bassoonists would like to improvise, but all of them gave expressions like deer looking into the headlights of an oncoming car.
I guess it's fairly typical that we leave the improvisation for instruments that are more common in jazz, even though several bassoonists begin on saxophone.
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Post by Bassoon4Life on May 9, 2007 23:38:14 GMT -5
Playing without a crutch or seat strap would be a problem for me...
I can't even hold it properly while standing up for too long... that's pretty pathetic, right? XD
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Post by alrec on May 14, 2007 11:04:47 GMT -5
not really. All those devices are apart of the instrument. A handrest is essential for proper finger position, although I play goofy. (I turn it upside down) Seat strap is what makes the instrument possible to play. You can do it standing up, but its a pain. The best contraption ever rigged to play bassoon standing is the hanger. instead of having the ring at the boot joint it has a built in extender so the fulcrum point is higher. Makes playing while standing very easy. Only problom is that you have to have it installed..... I prefer to not modify my bassoon at all.... So i dont have one installed.
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Post by arcticiceburg on May 17, 2007 23:20:38 GMT -5
I think the use of handrests depends largely on the length of your fingers and the size of your hands. Many girls will find that hand rests are awkward to play with because our hands are generally not as big as guys' hands.
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Post by alrec on May 18, 2007 12:01:17 GMT -5
true, but the leverage is very nice.... Im acctually fighting off a sore wrist in my left hand.... they need to design one for that hand to.
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Post by arcticiceburg on May 19, 2007 21:39:44 GMT -5
Be careful with balancing the weight so that it doesn't put too much stress on your left wrist (I speak from having chronic wrist problems from this myself). One possibility is to loop a neckstrap around the bar that connects the back of a music posture chair to the seat of the chair and hook the neckstrap to the ring at the top of the boot joint of the bassoon. This will redistribute the weight of the bassoon and take some of the strain off your wrist.
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Post by alrec on May 21, 2007 10:16:57 GMT -5
sounds good. Do you have any advice for the right hand? the left hand is my dominant hand, it healed up ok, and its fine now (im still being nice to it just in case) now the right wrist is hurting....
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Post by arcticiceburg on May 22, 2007 11:59:30 GMT -5
I haven't had right wrist problems, luckily. Probably just being sure to stretch out your wrists before playing, avoiding overly awkward hand positions, being aware of how much tension you play with, and taking a bit of a break when you start to feel wrist pain could help. It sounds like you already play with a hand rest, so if that adds stress or if you have to stretch your hand too much to fit the hand rest you might want to experiment with playing without a hand rest.
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