INTONATION OPTIONAL

Some music school grads are prima donnas. The worst are violinists.  They’re very concerned about intonation.  When I played in a trio with a couple Cleveland Orchestra members, I kept a tuner on my music stand the whole time.  I tuned each note as I played.  I was scared.

What’s a little intonation problem if you’re playing klezmer music?  None.

These music school grads, they put in 10,000 hours in little practice rooms and want some respect for their prison time.

In Yiddishe Cup we occasionally get into squabbles on the bandstand about intonation, but nobody bugs me about being flat or sharp because I’m writing the checks.
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Shabbat shalom
Tomorrow:
HOLD THE SUNRISE . . . If you play “Sunrise,” you’re sunset.

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