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Re: Flutezilla!!/Morricone/Caroline's ambitions
Hoffman
Lyn
Even though the syllabus sets outYou are absolutely right. However, it is important to play pieces you are happiest playing. It all depends on what suits your sound, technique, temperament and self image at the time. Ten years ago I would certainly have chosen Chant de Linos/Grand Polonaise/Freyshutz/Shubert sort of a program, that was the easiest thing for me to. Fifteen years ago it would have been Ibert/Prokoffiev, etc. These days I can probably impress them more with a slow tune, although the whole idea of impressing examiners and adjudicators has lost whatever appeal it had in the past. Speaking of transcriptions, we may have got used to Jolivet piano reduction, but it does sound completely different, and the piano part is fiendish. If I ever perform it again, I would try to get a group together. Martin hoffman@... Hartford, Cheshire, UK |
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Caroline's ambitions
Caroline <[email protected]
In message <0eb513343230898UPIMSSMTPUSR05@...>, Lyn McLarin
<WildMusic@...> writes Caroline! I am so glad you are planning positively for the braces-removal!!The problem being that I really, really LOATHE that Chaminade piece!! Sorry, nothing except a very large performing/recording fee would induce me to learn it (and that's not very likely to happen!) I think it was originally written for flute and piano, which would explain why it sits well. The problem with the Jolivet is going to be affording the music in the first place, let alone learning the damn thing! I've done the Dutilleux before, at my final recital for University, so that's an option, however, the point of me doing this is to get some more repertoire under my belt really, hence the idea of doing the Nielsen or the Ibert, neither of which I know properly. We'll see, it's a good two years off yet - I have to do the Advanced Certificate and the written papers first! I just wish there was some Reinecke on the list <sigh> Nancy wrote: I did the LRSM in 1996 and didn't do any of the "hard" pieces! I played a Bach, the Fantaisie, the Poulenc and the Chaminade! I took the easy way out and got a B!! How expensive will it be for you to do the LRSM? It cost me an absolute fortune over here, nearly US$600!! with all the written and practical sections. I think it's about 75 for each of the two papers and 150 for the practical - so about the same still! Congratulations on passing - I didn't know that it was graded, I thought it was pass or fail on the papers and then a mark of 75% or more for a pass in the practical, 90% or more a pass with distinction. That's the case for the Guildhall, Trinity and Royal College anyway. Martin wrote: Glad to hear you're back in business. I have been toying with the idea of doing the AB exams myself, especially as my students are quickly becoming more qualified than me. <snip> You can tell him I'm still enjoying his headjoint after 12 years. I certainly will do! I'll try the flattery route, but I'll have to make sure it's well away from his other half, she REALLY doesn't like me. Go for it with the exams! We'll have a mutual flattery & support team going! I assume you're going to skip the 1-8 and jump in at AC level? Actually, as you've been through music college, you'd probably get an exemption from that - save you 85 or so! I'm seriously considering sticking my name on the Crabb & Forward list for a flute - how much time do you reckon I'd have to save up for it if I was at 8 or 9?! -- Caroline |
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New facilities on FLUTENET (FWD)
Glen Ross <[email protected]
*** IMPORTANT **
FLUTENET gets extra facilities. Onelist originally offered us an archive facility in which to store old posts. The problem was that this would have been available to the public and some members felt uneasy about having their e-mail addresses available to Joe Public. I have been in discussion for some time with Onelist about providing a PRIVATE archive which could only be visited by *registered members* of Flutenet. This is now available not only to us but to all the hundreds of lists which are run by them. To make use of it go to:- Select USER CENTRE and sign in at the bottom of the page. This will bring up a list of the groups you are signed on with. Alongside FLUTENET you will find various options. Click on LIST CENTRE. Click on ARCHIVES. This will bring up a listing of old mail showing the sender and the subject matter. Beneath this there is a section giving the complete postings. ---------------------------- The other option on the screen is headed BOOKMARKS. Clicking on this will allow you to look at addresses of interesting sites which members have added or to add addresses of places which you have found interesting. Glen. |
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Lyn and her Fizz!!
Well Lyn...you can't blame everything for your unfortunate prediliction to
cheap, unpalatable Italian fizz!! No couth young lady<<GG>> I blame it on your unfortunate early upbringing in the Colonies!! Make no mistake about it....I too have great respect for Morricone..the composer. It is just Morricone the man who is such a plonker. Still they say old Ludwig was not a nice man...and Mozart could be...well scatalogical! Whereas of course I, and everyone on FN, is very nice...and not at all scatalogical...ever!! BTW get a better map and you will find Lynsore Bottom. Adrian -- _____________________________________________________________ ___________________ (|______(_O_)________ Adrian Brett---lebret@... Wakefield,West Yorkshire, ENGLAND _ _ _ _ ___ ____________________________________ | |_ |_) |_) |_ | / |__ |_ |_) | \ |_ | / ______________________/ |
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Welsh Whistle Player
Sandi and Richard Schmidt
Dear Nuts,
A slow day at The Market, but I am hot after a new recruit. Met Mike Crowley today. He is from Wales. He walked up to the table and played the dickens out of my Flutes. I could tell he was serious by the Copeland Brass Penny Whistle slung from his belt like a six-shooter. Not only one hot fluter and whistler, he is some sort of big shot software developer in San Jose, Ca. I am not sure what transpired between Wales and California, but he is here now. Yes, I certainly have heard of Glenn Ross, said he, and he would be thrilled to join the list. Richard, over and out... |
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Re: Flutezilla!!
Rebecca Ruch
Lyn,
Johnzilla only got caught once. The Citizen's Patrol was IN THE CAR when he stole their magnetic sign. He got caught so they told him to write the Patrol an apology letter. He sent them a letter all right, but it wasn't an apology. He just...photocopied his uh...favourite finger, and sent that to them. Sometimes I wonder about that kid... But anyway, in music theory today I learned how to transpose! Yippeee! Off to study, Rebecca -- becci@... icq: #1036359 AOL: Flutopia16 or Poohluvr64 (___(_o_)____|_|__O_o_O_O_)_o_o_O_O_O_|_9_O_O_O_| |
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Re: Flutezilla!!/Morricone/Caroline's ambitions
Lyn McLarin
Hey Rebecca!
I like the sound of your friend JohnZilla/tubacaster!! Whee! Does he ever get caught and plonked into the clink? <G> (sorry, Cindy and other cautious parents..but then offspring ARE offlimits til the weekend, hopefully...) A full two years after my father's departure I only just noticed that far off the track of our family cabin in the woods of Virginia there stand a pair of (stolen) road signs: one announcing No Tresspassing..the next, further into the tangle of vines and thickets: "School bus stop"!!!! We always knew he was a bit flakey, but how did he reconcile his extremely conservative politics with THIS??? HeeHee!! Some things are just meant to be silly, I reckon! Oh Adrian..you will hate me for this..but I feel I must confess that despite all your tales of Morricone's horribleness to you and to other musos..I still love his score to that forgotten film Orca Killer Whale(with Richard Harris and Charlotte Rampling)..sorry, but there it is....Hmm, do you suppose this is an after effect of my predilection for Asti Spumante(the Italian champagne)???? <GGG> Caroline! I am so glad you are planning positively for the braces-removal!! I think Nancy's advice is good, don't necessarily assume that you must choose the hardest things on the LRSM syllabus...after all, a dodgy performance of the Ibert (heaven forbid, right?<G>) might end up scoring a lot worse than a breezy one of Chaminade...But then again, think of the actual sound of your planned recital! Even though the syllabus sets out ridiculous transcriptions , you needn't assault the pieces just to impress with your flutey histrionics. I mean, let's face it, the Nielson and the Ibert do not sit well with only the struggling gymnastic piano accompaniment, do they? I reckon the Chaminade IS great with piano..as is the Jolivet (DOES anyone ever do it these days with the original scoring??)..Actually, if you have a feel for the Jolivet please do it, give the old adjudicators a thrill! I do love that piece.... Although this is obviously "only" my personal feeling, I have always preferred it over the (oddly similar) Dutilleaux(sp)...!! Cheers! Lyn McLarin WildMusic@... |
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Re: Flutezilla!!
Rebecca Ruch
Welcome back to Adrian, we've all missed you so much! And think, just
earlier this week the list was so quiet I sat and wondered if Onelist didn't just up and die on us, I wasn't even getting a digest a day! Yipeee! =) Glen, flutezilla? *lol* I have a friend named JohnZilla, but I didn't know there was such a thing in the flute world. We call him "Johnzilla: Tubacaster" because by day he's a guitar/tuba playing maniac, but by night he's a small green lizzard who runs around stealing signs from streets such as "69th street" and "Cummings Street" (a true intersection here in Omaha) and those magnetic signs off of the side of the Citizen's Patrol car. Rebecca -- becci@... icq: #1036359 AOL: Flutopia16 or Poohluvr64 (___(_o_)____|_|__O_o_O_O_)_o_o_O_O_O_|_9_O_O_O_| |
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Re: Return to WIBB/starting playing again
Hoffman
Caroline
Glad to hear you're back in business. I have been toying with the idea of doing the AB exams myself, especially as my students are quickly becoming more qualified than me. I told him to take his time over the service he'sHmm.. That's not a good thing to say to a flute maker. <G> I would say that flattery is probably a better option, if you want to have it working well. You can tell him I'm still enjoying his headjoint after 12 years. Best, Martin hoffman@... Hartford, Cheshire, UK |
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Return to WIBB/starting playing again
Caroline <[email protected]
In message <E0zG88j-00073R-00@...>, Adrian Brett
<lebret@...> writes From: lebret@... (Adrian Brett)Ahem <blush>...no, I'm not going to try and explain this one! However, let me just say that I still have a tape of that song you wrote about the incident somewhere! For me..no drive thru McDonalds milk shakes...boohoo!!Next year! I almost did come down for the day, but I couldn't find Bookham on the map or a contact phone number. I missed you all too, lots and lots. The good news is that it looks like my braces could well be off before Christmas, which gives me time to get back into practice before the class next year, so I'LL BE BACK!!!! Depending, of course, on me being able to extract my flute from A.W.D.O's workshop! I've loaned it to him to play with and because I didn't think the braces would be off until November next year, I told him to take his time over the service he's giving it. Adrian, do you think flattery or force will get it back sooner?! I can tell I'm getting serious about the flute again, I picked up the syllabi for the ABRSM Advanced Certificate and LRSM exams yesterday. The AC should be fairly easy, it's all stuff I was playing at school, but you can't take the LRSM without it (another way for the Board to milk the last drop in exam fees out of you...). However, for the LRSM I'm thinking of taking the difficult option and learning either the Ibert or the Nielsen concertos or Joilvet Chant de Linos. I think they're going to expect at least one of the "hard" pieces on the list! Ah well, back to the finger wiggling, dust off the Moyse, T&G and Wye... Just got back from a riding lesson, and I reek of horse, it's making the cat sneeze, so I'm going to go and dump myself in the bath - catch you later everyone... Love -- Caroline |
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Re: Return to WIBB/starting playing again
"Nancy Smith" <[email protected]
Caroline wrote:
I can tell I'm getting serious about the flute again, I picked up theHi Caroline, I did the LRSM in 1996 and didn't do any of the "hard" pieces! I played a Bach, the Fantaisie, the Poulenc and the Chaminade! I took the easy way out and got a B!! How expensive will it be for you to do the LRSM? It cost me an absolute fortune over here, nearly US$600!! with all the written and practical sections. Nancy |
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Help.
Glen Ross <[email protected]
Sarah,
I accidentally deleted your message ref midi files. Would you please resend it so that I can reply. Glen. |
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Re: flute choir music
Sarah Hewitt <[email protected]
Glen -- I'd love to send you a copy of my piece. The only problem is
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that I just got Finale. I haven't put this piece in yet (or any other for that matter). If you are serious I will start right away. I don't have any idea how to make a midi file, or if I would want to risk the music becoming public property on the internet. Or is a midi file something I could e-mail you? As you can tell, I'm kind of technology-illiterate, but I'm willing to learn. SarahGlen Ross wrote:
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Re: Would you oil the wood?
Sandi and Richard Schmidt
Joseph Said>>>>For recorders, you must periodically suck in on the flute
to clear the windy, so you will definatly taste your oil. You clear a baroque flute the same way. First time I gave a silver Boehm flute a quick suck to clear the headjoint, I thought I was going to be sick. The silver residue tastes horrible!<<<< Haha, that reminds me of the time I went to tune tune an ocarina and it wouldn't blow so I looked in the mouthpiece ant there were little spider legs waving at me. Yuck. I just sat the whole thing out in the garden. Poor little thing probably thought he was caught in a tornado. One guy sent an ocarina back to us and said it didnt work, on closer examination there was a bit of a cheeto or some other orange colored cracker in the air way. Oh, sigh, the laments of and ocarina maker. About the olive oil, I guess it is a matter of opinion but I have heard the wooden spoon maker, Jim Wilson tell people for 15 years that he finishes his spoons in olive oil. I will have to ask Romy what he thinks He has been making Bamboo Flutes for a long time and he is very persnickety. (Is that a word?) I like your formula Joseph, you probably ought to market it. "J.W.'s Essential Super Duper Flute Toot'n Oil." Quit your day job and hit all the folk music festivals. No? Who else oils on this list, and with what? Max did you try it or not? Down to the clay pit goeth I. Adios Sandi |
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Re: Lyn
Keith Pettway
Adrian - You may have just discovered the "root" of the family tree of the human name I have adopted! As far back has we can trace it in the U.S. is Possum Hollow (Possum Holler to the locals.) Glen - How can you speak so disparagingly about my spelling, especially on such simple words as gud and baid. I do get the first letters right *most* of the time. And yes, Adrian is correct, wicked is gud and evil is baid. It sure has not taken Adrian long to stir things up a bit!! Cheers!! Papa Smurf |
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Would you oil the wood?
Joseph S. Wisniewski
Mike McArthur <mikemc@...> wrote:
I don't want to stomp on anyone's feet, but my Dad is a woodturner byI don't want to step on anyone's feet either, but people have been putting olive oil on musical instruments for hundreds of years, and it really hasn't been a problem to date. Olive oil is not a great tasting oil, but you should compare it to flax oil (that's what health food people call linseed oil, a popular woodturner's oil). On a more serious note, any oil you use on a flute should have some vitamin E added to it. This will prevent discolorations, rancid smells, etc. One of my favorite oil mixes is equal parts almond oil and olive oil. You want the purest, cleanest oils availiable. In the UK, you should have no trouble finding medical grade olive and almond oil at a pharmacy. I usually add the juice from one vitamin E capsule to 1 ounce (30ml or 125MHz or 72kG or 12 fathoms) of oil. In the US, you can buy "sweet oil" at the pharmacy, which is ultra clean, virtually oderless, olive oil. I mix this with Hain brand almond oil (cleanest looking almond oil I've been able to find). Some people oil bores with pure almond oil, others use pure linseed oil. Remember, you must always use RAW linseed oil. BOILED linseed oil contains toxic chemicals, and hardens to a laquer like coating in the flute bore. Other popular oils include walnut oil and peanut oil. Mineral oils, vaseline, and WD40 are to be avoided, as is dunking the flute in beer or just pouring it through the bore (a common Irish flutist custom, believe it or not). If the instrument has any keys and pads, you must be extra careful not to get oil on the pads. I hope you dont intend drinking from your flute, but discolourationFor recorders, you must periodically suck in on the flute to clear the windway, so you will definatly taste your oil. You clear a baroque flute the same way. First time I gave a silver Boehm flute a quick suck to clear the headjoint, I thought I was going to be sick. The silver residue tastes horrible! Joseph S. Wisniewski | The views expressed are my own, and don't reflect Ford Motor Company | those of the Ford Motor Co. or affiliates. Project Sapphire | Trans Am, Daytona, Bonneville, and IROC are just jwisniew@... | races, won by people driving Ford cars! |
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