Re: klez/yiddish/voice

[Sylvie Braitman <curlySylvie...>]

The clarinet mimicks the voicequite well: Range, tone.
I think that pitch bending, on whatever instrument that will allow it is a
voice thing.
On a vocal point of view, Yiddish is not easy to sing. Too many clusters of
consonants... Doesn't seem to have prevented it to be sung though...
Sylvie
----- Original Message -----
From: "jordan newman" <jznewma (at) yahoo(dot)ca>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 7:57 PM
Subject: klez/yiddish/voice


> Hi Shamashers,
>
> Does anybody know of any published (or otherwise)
> literature or research that discusses klezmer's
> connection to the sounds of Yiddish, I mean strictly
> the phonetics, the aural qualities of the language in
> the ornamentation or whatever? Also, can anyone think
> of really good, overt examples of klez instruments
> directly mimicking voice?
>
> Thanks,
> jordan
>
>
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