[Dixielandjazz] D Minor Classification Joke.

[Stephen G Barbone]

On Mar 2, 2010, at 3:00 PM, dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com  
wrote:

> "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
>
> Marek Boym wrote:
>
>>> D-MINOR: a rare army classification which states: in the event of  
>>> war, all musicians
>>> are to only play klezmer.
>>
>> Meaning what?  I don't understand the joke.
>
> (BR)_ I don't either.


Far be it from me to interpret Jewish humor but, <grin>

1) As some of us old vets know, Army draft classifications were given  
to prospective draftees (when we had a draft in the USA) to determine  
their eligibility for Military Service.

2) The varied from 1A which meant you were prime meat to 4F which  
meant you were physically unfit.

3) The joke mentions a "rare classification", "D minor" for musicians  
and relates it to playing Klezmer in time of war.

4) D minor is one of the prime keys in which Klezmer music is written  
and played.

Thus the Joke that a D minor classification for a musician would mean  
that he has to play Klezmer. Drum Roll Please.

Interested parties may look up  "Blog in D minor"  originated by a  
Hasidic Musician in New York City. An apt name for discussions about D  
minor music, with emphasis on Klezmer.

http://blogindm.blogspot.com/2008/12/some-comments-on-beyond-boundaries.html
or
http://blogindm.blogspot.com/2009/01/more-comments-on-beyond-boundaries.html

For more current blog in D minor topics, click on the <Blog In D  
Minor> header, upper left of page.

Cheers,
Steve (So what do goyim clarinetists know from Klezmer?)  Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband