Klarinet Archive - Posting 000012.txt from 1996/02
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@-----.COM> Subj: Alto Clarinets Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 12:26:56 -0500
> As you mentioned the alto clarinet is sort of the black sheep of
>the clarinet family. It's pitched in Eb and goes to a written low Eb.
>I've only see one used in bands and clarinet ensembles. Its' problem is
>that it is never used in orchestral pieces so the serious players aren't
>interested in playing it and very few band composers know what to do with
>it.
Then of course there's Hamiett Bluiett's "The Clarinet Family", a jazz CD
using clarinets of all sizes (and string bass), on which he plays lead on
the alto clarinet. HB is probably better known as the bari sax player for
the World Saxophone Quartet. His typical doubles are *alto* clarinet and flute.
Grant Green
Grant D. Green
gdgreen@-----.com
http://www.crl.com/~gdgreen/index.html
Still hunting sarussophones!
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