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It's a little sad how narrow the number of instruments in common use is. Exploring a wider range of instruments I think would be motivational for children learn
by klelatti 4y ago
It's a little sad how narrow the number of instruments in common use is. Exploring a wider range of instruments I think would be motivational for children learning music and for others.
For example, I would vote for the return of the Shawm [1] (played here by the late and very much missed David Munrow). Lots of other interesting instruments in this clip too.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKxdCSbAtOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKxdCSbAtOE
- JasonFruit 4y agoFrom your mouth to God's ears! The shawm is beautiful, and David Munrow was a genius whose suicide was a public as well as a private tragedy. But one of my favorite musical memories was of an amazing shawm player with the Newberry Consort — I have no idea who he was — who simply flooded the hall with brilliant, ringing tone, not a hint of stridency to it. It was unbelievable to me that the instrument I had up 'til then only ever heard played badly could sound so stunnning.
- klelatti 4y agoI remember as a child being spellbound by David Munrow's TV programmes - and then they stopped. I was too young to know or understand what had happened. Such a loss. It's a bit of a chicken and egg situation I suppose with these instruments. If there isn't a critical mass of players we don't hear them played well and so no-one picks them up. I think Mahler would have loved Shawms in an orchestra. They sound very Mahlerian to me!