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Post by anacrusis on Apr 28, 2008 22:53:15 GMT
did you know that a very large serpent is called an anaconda?
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Post by kerioboe on Apr 29, 2008 20:35:09 GMT
Apparently, as long as when you play you breathe out before u breathe in, it should be a doddle...thats what i was told but even that's harder than it sounds... It can depend on the crumhorn but it doesnt vary much, obviously you'd need more control on a tenor or bass one than on a soprano for example. I'm used to breathing out before I breath in on the oboe but the crumhorn requires even more breath than the oboe. I'm not sure that the lower-pitched ones would necessarily be harder to play than the higher-pitched ones as the cor-anglais requires less breath pressure than the oboe. Re the serpents (I don't know how to do multiple quotes). I don't think the square/rectangular ones have the same appeal as the original ones - part of their charm for me is that they do actually look like a snake. Has anyone every played one? And if so what are they like to play?
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