r the viol (viola da
gamba), wrote several duos headed 'rant'. His music mainly survives in
manuscript so it's hard to date precisely.
Thomas Green
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Just a thought - clarinets have at least two duplicated little-finger
keys to help certain passages.
Thomas Green
On 5 May 2011, at 10:10, Philip Gruar wrote:
a.d.s wrote
Clough played in A maj and C maj. The arrangement of the Clough
arrangement of key's was C low at the left sid
Our grandson's mother is a professional trad musician whose main
instrument is the accordion. She played right up to the end of
pregnancy - in fact, her waters broke while she was on tour. The
grandson seems just fine so far (at 2 and a bit years).
I know accordions aren't quite the same bu
On 13 Apr 2009, at 10:55, Francis Wood wrote:
I have no opinion whatsoever on the truth of the assertions made in
this recent posting.
However, I believe it is indecent for a child to be publically
criticised in this forum.
I agree.
Thomas Green
73 Huntington Rd, York YO31 8RL
01904
The word goes back at least to the 17th century. The composer John
Jenkins (died 1678) included some pieces titled 'Rant' in his viol
consort music. The ones I know are strongly rhythmic but certainly not
tomato soup-ers. AFAIK it is not known why they were called that. He
came from south-e