[HANASHIR:16319] Re: Clarinet piece for my daughter's Bat Mitzvah.

[Jacqueline Guttman <jguttman...>]

Ros,

Actually, the sound of the clarinet works so well with so many Jewish tunes
-- thus the popularity of the klezmer clarinet sound. Also, a lot of stuff
is in a minor key, the tonality of which works especially well on the
instrument. If your daughter is a relative beginner, I'd suggest that you
look at your song books and have her try a few. Much better to have a simple
melody played well than to come across as struggling with something more
complex. (So why am I drawing a blank?) Hmm...something readily
recognizable, like Goldfarb's "Shalom Aleichem" would work, I'll bet, even
unaccompanied. What about a medley of folk tunes?

I'll bet there are lots of people out there who can come up with even better
ideas.

Good luck - and Mazel Tov!

Jackie Guttman

> From: Ros Schwartz <ros (at) hn(dot)dancinginthewind(dot)ca>
> Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:31:15 -0500
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:16312] Clarinet piece for my daughter's Bat Mitzvah.
> 
> Hi to all of you & happy last-day-of-Chanuka!
> 
> We're gearing up for my daughter Melody's Bat Mitzvah, in March.  She
> chose the Bezalel portion - about the artisan designated by G-d to
> design the Mishkan - because of her artistic abilities in many different
> fields - so we thought that having her play a solo on her clarinet would
> be a lovely contribution to the service.
> 
> We're looking for something appropriate to the mood of the service,
> either music from the liturgy (traditional or modern), or a nice
> contemplative instrumental piece.  She is a relative beginner, but can
> already play simple folk songs with a lovely sound.  We could, of
> course, go with sheet music from the song books that I have, but I
> thought that someone out there might have knowledge of / experience with
> / music that would sound particularly good on the clarinet.  Info as to
> sources would be helpful too.
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give,
> 
> - Ros
> 
> 

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