[Dixielandjazz] Lurkers , etc

[LARRY'S Signs and Large Format Printing]

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Sop sax, ouch. First heard on the HOT JAZZ CLUB OF FRANCE, circa 1940.
acceptable, but when George Probert played it at Victor and Roxie's in
Oakland with the Scobey band, Just didn't like the upper register. still
don't

I would absolutely agree with you for about 90% of the people who attempt
the soprano.  It is a difficult instrument to sound good on.  Clarinet
players who try it are especially prone to disaster because while the size
and general sound of the instrument are very similar the lock jaw embouchure
that clarinet players develop will destroy the sound of the Soprano.  The
soprano must be all muscle and no bite with the teeth pulled down.  The
soprano just isn't the same as anything else.  Many players pay no attention
to what the shape and size of their mouth is while playing and they develop
a tongue thrust forward pinched sound.  The soprano should sound a lot like
an English Horn.  The player and his concept is highly critical to what a
soprano sounds like.  It's just not another sax.  The minute someone takes
that attitude you have an out of tune mess that sounds like a duck, that no
one in their right mind would like.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EDWIN COLTRIN" <boreda at sbcglobal.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 6:20 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Lurkers , etc


> As a lurker (?), several comments
>
> lots of information by the regulars, with many pieces of music which I had
forgotten discussed.
>
> Uke   now I can practice my Uukulele, the Hawiian copy of the Portugese
guitar, and not feel like Arthur Godfrey, besides it fits my hand better
than the neck of the guitar, which stretches my short fingers.
>
> Sop sax, ouch. First heard on the HOT JAZZ CLUB OF FRANCE, circa 1940.
acceptable, but when George Probert played it at Victor and Roxie's in
Oakland with the Scobey band, Just didn't likre the upper register. still
don't
>
> Slainte
> (Neat please)
>
> Ye Olde Mouldy Fygge
>
> Ed Coltrin
> WA6FWU
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