Klarinet Archive - Posting 000273.txt from 1995/07

From: "Michael A. Cassara" <MikeC414@-----.COM>
Subj: Mouthpiece on lower joint
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 17:41:01 -0400

>On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, Bill Hall wrote:
>
>>
>> Did you know a clarinet mouthpiece will fit into the lower joint? Sounds
>> really strange if you play what would otherwise be a normal scale.
>>
Then G. Andrew Siegel wrote
>Ya know, I discovered this a couple of years ago, and have just been>aching
to write a couple of duets for two half-clarinets. Anybody else
>try this?

In Phillip Rehfeldt's book New Directions for Clarinet there are a few pages
dedicated to this. (Rehfeldt, Phillip. New Directions for Clarinet.
University of California Press, 1994 Pgs. 72-74.)

According to this source F. Gerard Errante wrote a piece entitled "Souvenirs
de Nice" in 1975. It called for the mouthpiece to be placed on the lower
joint of an A clarinet. Later in this piece it is called for that the
player plays both A and Bb simultaneously by controlling the reeds with both
sides of the embouchere.
(Maybe Dr. Errante would go into more depth for us, he's on the list..)

There is also a piece like this by Bill Smith entitled "64" written for
"demi-clarinet" ( Bb clarinet with moutpiece on lower joint.) There is also
a fingering chart illustrated. If you don't have this book you should...

Hope this helps,
Mike Cassara
Cleveland, Ohio
MICHAEL.CASSARA@-----.COM