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Post by kflute on Nov 2, 2006 19:48:37 GMT
I had a great question roday, one that I've never been asked before............................ 'Why don't they make flavoured reeds Miss? I'd practice more if it was strawberry flavoured! Why don't they do them?  ' To which my answer was 'erm............what a brilliant idea!!!!!  ' Anything to make the nuisances practice! Anyone want a go at making one? ;D ;D |
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Post by princessmoose on Nov 2, 2006 20:57:58 GMT
They do do them!! Don't know where but I am sure they do!
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Post by anacrusis on Nov 2, 2006 22:00:17 GMT
Get them to soak the reeds in sugar-free fruit flavoured stuff.....eeeergh, no, forget that.  |
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Post by petite joueuse on Nov 2, 2006 22:47:23 GMT
You can get chocolate-flavoured clarinet reeds, according to my son.
Personally my bassoon playing improves if I dip the reeds in single malt whisky - Laphroaig, for example!!
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Nov 2, 2006 23:16:56 GMT
Personally my bassoon playing improves if I dip the reeds in single malt whisky - Laphroaig, for example!! Ahhhhh, that's why I always thought my recorder playing was rubbish. I had not dipped it into Laphroaig first . ;D I will not make this mistake again.  |
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Post by petite joueuse on Nov 2, 2006 23:19:01 GMT
I can highly recommend it, Steve. Also, if you hand full glasses round to anyone else in the room, it numbs their ears to the noises you are making and then they tell you that it sounds fantastic! Very uplifting stuff, whisky!
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Post by anacrusis on Nov 2, 2006 23:25:02 GMT
*hunts for the reed on her recorder*  ;D |
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Nov 3, 2006 0:01:43 GMT
I can highly recommend it, Steve. Also, if you hand full glasses round to anyone else in the room, it numbs their ears to the noises you are making and then they tell you that it sounds fantastic! Very uplifting stuff, whisky! Not quite the same thing, but coffee had a similar effect years ago at the RNCM. I faced a particularly horrific one-to-one aural exam, consisting of those short-term-memory, ability-to-sing exams that scarred me so deeply (no wonder I despise them so much ;D). I had no chance of passing this blasted exam. Looking back, I realise that nothing serious depended upon it; at the time, it felt life-threatening. The tutor was an elderly lady who should really have retired c. 1890, but boy, could she Do Aural. In the nick of time, a member of the catering staff arrived with a tray of refreshments for this lady. I grabbed the tray and entered the exam room. "Coffee of tea?" "Milk?" "Sugar? Two lumps?" "Rich Tea Biscuits?" So, there is a God, after all ;D |
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Post by chocolatedog on Nov 3, 2006 11:07:37 GMT
I can highly recommend it, Steve. Also, if you hand full glasses round to anyone else in the room, it numbs their ears to the noises you are making and then they tell you that it sounds fantastic! Very uplifting stuff, whisky! Not quite the same thing, but coffee had a similar effect years ago at the RNCM. I faced a particularly horrific one-to-one aural exam, consisting of those short-term-memory, ability-to-sing exams that scarred me so deeply (no wonder I despise them so much ;D). I had no chance of passing this blasted exam. Looking back, I realise that nothing serious depended upon it; at the time, it felt life-threatening. The tutor was an elderly lady who should really have retired c. 1890, but boy, could she Do Aural. In the nick of time, a member of the catering staff arrived with a tray of refreshments for this lady. I grabbed the tray and entered the exam room. "Coffee of tea?" "Milk?" "Sugar? Two lumps?" "Rich Tea Biscuits?" So, there is a God, after all ;D That lady wouldn't happen to have been Ida Carroll would it?  (Daughter of Walter Carroll of Sea Idylls/ Farmyard Scenes?Forest Fantasies etc fame???) When I was at the Junior School, we had Ida Carroll for aural, and she was amazing - as you say "Boy, could she Do Aural"........... |
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Post by Deborah on Nov 3, 2006 11:14:55 GMT
Yes, flavoured reeds are certainly around - they come up occasionally on e-bay, and I'm sure you can source them elsewhere by doing a quick internet hunt. What their quality is like is another matter, and whether you'd still need to wrestle the ones beyond the point of no return off of the children's instruments is another matter.
As for a wee dram before the performance, I fully intend to pack the hip flask along with instrument, music and programme notes before my diploma. Just enough to relax me you understand, I don't think standing on a chair and telling the examiners that they're my best friends would be a good idea...
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Post by barry-clari on Nov 3, 2006 19:55:17 GMT
There exists 'flavoreeds', I remember seeing them on sale in the UK some while ago (can't remember where though). Orange, raspberry and mint were three of the flavours, but I've never tried using them, so can't vouch for the quality......
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Post by anacrusis on Nov 4, 2006 0:06:37 GMT
D'you suppose Bertie Bott would do some? Then you could have ones flavoured with earwax and suchlike as well as strawberry and passionfruit...
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