Re: A bedeken question

[Jordan Hirsch <trombaedu...>]

Well, among the Yeshiva students where this practice is common, ( and I have 
seen the endless modulation too) I firmly believe that they are determined to 
throw the band.

Jordan

AGREENBA (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/3/2004 1:08:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, trombaedu (at) 
> earthlink(dot)net writes:
>
> > Adrienne, that's no big deal. It's when we do start them off in G minor
> > and they modulate themselves to G# minor that I get
> > annoyed. Also, they
> > sing the bar of 71/2/8 at the end of every phrase.
>
> Oh, now that sounds like so much more fun than either F# minor beginning 
> without the klezmorim. And your rhythm issues luckily doesn't ring a bell 
> here! Eeeesh. I do remember only one time that we could't afford to keep 
> either F# OR G minor because they kept going up. It was like the wedding band 
> that says "Sure, we play Klezmer!" and what you get is all 12 keys of Hava 
> Nagila. My cousin "put on" a wedding about a year ago in Cleveland that I 
> (had to attend) attended. We were dancing and my cousin pinched me with glee 
> written all over her face: "Aren't they GRRREAT!? They TOLD me they played 
> Jewish (this was an Afro-Rock band) and they're really DOIN' it!"   Yup, they 
> not only knew the circle of 5ths but chromatically climbed hava nagila twice 
> through the entire set of possibilities. I was in total awe....of my cousin...
>
> Adrianne
>
> ___________________________
> Adrianne Greenbaum
> Assoc. Prof. of Flute, Mount Holyoke College
> Klezmer flutist, "FleytMuzik"
> cdbaby or fluteworld
>

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