Klarinet Archive - Posting 000016.txt from 1995/05

From: Russell Wayne Householder <rhouseh@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Bass Clarinet Range
Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 06:30:37 -0400

On Fri, 28 Apr 1995, John Baetens wrote:

> All this talk about hitting f'''' ,etc, on the Bass Clarinet has got me
> fuzzed.
>
> As a former Bass Clarinettist, all I can say is that the advantage of the
> Bass Clarinet is the full, rich tones it produces in the lower register. The
> disadvantage, as compared to our beloved Bb Soprano, is the relatively clumsy
> key action.
> As a current Soprano clarinettist, I think the advantage of the clarinet over
> all other wind instruments is the way it sings from the throat tones to the C
> above the staff. Why waste time seeing how high we can go? Leave that for
> the Trumpets.
>

I was once accused of being a trumpet player trapped in a bass
clarinetist's body.
Russell