Klarinet Archive - Posting 000704.txt from 1995/03

From: Fred Cicetti <cicetti@-----.COM>
Subj: Swing Low
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 12:35:07 -0500

Been on KLARINET for a couple of months and I've been systematically
reading all of the logs in the archives. It's been an adventure. Save a
lot of info from Fobes and Prescott. You guys are invaluable.

Also read a lot of Dan Leeson. It's hard to miss him. Last June, Dan had
a message about hitting a low Eb and D. He actually had an extension
fashioned as a link between the lower joint and bell to get this D.

I didn't know you could hit anything lower than the low E on a Bb
clarinet. Of course, there's a lot I don't know, so I wasn't surprised.
How do you flatten the low E? I've run into this only once. I have a
transcription of a Pete Fountain solo that calls for this note.

What's the technique involved?

fred cicetti <cicetti@-----.com>