Klarinet Archive - Posting 000336.txt from 1995/07

From: David Niethamer <niethamer@-----.BITNET>
Subj: Re: Lame Subject (Cork Grease)
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 22:28:10 -0400

> >would these duets be for top *and* bottom halves? This is a semi-serious
> >question, and an interesting twist on the original intent.
> >
> >David Niethamer
>
On Sat, 29 Jul 1995, Bill Hall wrote:
>
> Uh, the top half plays the same notes as a whole clarinet except for C,
> which plays C#.

Yes, so *one* clarinet, two players, two mouthpieces, could do some
freaky duos a-la Poulenc Duo, with two "clarinets" in different "keys" -
one in whatever key contains only a C#, and the other in a sort of bizarre
"horn 5ths" mode. I think there are some interesting possibilities here
for composers in the Lou Harrison/Harry Partch(?)/Henry Brandt
mold.

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