Klarinet Archive - Posting 000133.txt from 1995/05

From: SCOTT MCCHESNEY <scmcchesney@-----.NET>
Subj: Is no one to touch my posting?
Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 01:16:21 -0400

Have I posted a topic that is too difficult for the list members? Or
is it simply too low-brow to be commented upon?
A couple of days ago, I posted a query about how it is that Clarinets
seem to have the "upper hand" (vs. Oboes, Flutes, and Bassoons) in terms of
technical flexibility and overall flexibility. Flutes have projection problems
in the low register, as well as some impossible trills; Oboes have dynamic
control problems in the lower register, and seem to be affected the most by the
playing environment; and Bassoons have a multitude of problems, ranging from
impossible key-work (imagine, 11 keys for two thumbs!), lack of fluidity in the
lower register, and the same dynamic and enviornmental problems at Oboes.
Clarinets, on the other hand, have no "impossible" keying (some
pattersn/trills/tremolos are harder than others, but with a little practice
there isn't really anything we can't play), and we have more dynamic
flexibility than any other instrument. How'd we get so lucky?

-- Scott McChesney
-- apparently not contributing like he
should be