The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #52019   Message #796642
Posted By: Steve Parkes
04-Oct-02 - 03:48 AM
Thread Name: Kazoo repair
Subject: RE: Tech: Kazoo repair
Selby, isn't that what I said?

In the UK we have a tradition going back before WWII of marching kazoo bands. These days they are mostly kids who dress in uniforms (lovingly made by their mums) and march up and down. Kids who can't actually play a ... conventional ... instrument. I can't decide whether that's a good thing or not! Trouble is, being kids and marching energetically, they don't have enough wind to sustain the notes, so each line of the tune is severely truncated. And their "arrangers" don't have much musical ability either, so there's no harmony or counterpoint, even with the well-known march tunes they tend to use. Imagine a brass band where every musician plays the melody! All that potential lying unused ...

Hmm ... do you think there's an opening for a serious Folk Music kazoo band?

Steve