[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 44, Issue 52

[Steve Barbone]

on 8/26/06 6:35 AM, pat ladd at pj.ladd at btinternet.com wrote:

> Re Maynard playing.
> 
> <<Perhaps for the same reason Artie Shaw explored those super high notes on
> the clarinet for which no music had yet been written.>>
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> the difference being that it still sounded like a clarinet when he got
> there. H e didn`t have to strangle a cat to get that sreech.
 
Well perhaps that depends. The "sound" of a clarinet is quite different
depending upon who plays it. (Ted Lewis/Pee Wee Russell/Benny Goodman/ Artie
Shaw/Tony Scott/Eddie Daniels/the klezmer guys, etc.)  As well as what
register is used. Low/Meduim/High/Super High.

> I thought `going your own way` with your music was the exploration of ideas,
> tempos, licks, not  this.

Tempos, licks, sound, vibrato, range. It is all the same thing. I don't see
any limits to the phrase "Going your own way."
> 
> Would the extending of a piano keyboard by a couple octaves count as `going
> your own way`, or or making your guitar sound like a mandolin?  What is the
> point?  Other instruments already exist which do the job better.

But you can't use the "same" piano to extend the range, you must modify it.
Very different. 

I think more a matter of personal preference, e.g. you don't like certain
high notes vs. me who does like high notes.

Cheers,
Steve