Re: klezmer melodic contours 5

[asinger <asinger...>]

>Sorry for the time warp in my attention to the list; gig season and all.  I
>loved Josh's answer to the question about the endings, but I think Mr.
>Puwalski's question regarding the "one ending" is actually about the "klezmer
>ending," those ubiquitous three notes.  I often wondered about the origin of
>this.  The American musicians I've asked think of it as somewhat rude signal
>that the meter has run out; more bills in the case, please, or we'll just sit
>here with our arms folded.  Anyone have more info?  --Hankus
>
People in my klesmer group refer to this ending as the "ten bucks more"
ending, for the reasons that you described.  So for a concert, we may say
that when we play some piece, we'll play the whole thing 2 times, repeat
the A section and end with "ten bucks more".

Alex Singer


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