Klarinet Archive - Posting 000710.txt from 1996/02

From: kp6185a@-----.EDU
Subj: Re: Daily Warm-up/A Clarinet
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 23:59:24 -0500

Teri Herel said
>I like to spend nearly as much time on the A as the B-flat. I tend to
>alternate: One day I'll do all of my warmups on the A, the next on the
>B-flat. I find that if I don't, the A begins to feel awkward. I know
>when I've reached the right balance when I will honestly occasionally
>forget which instrument I'm playing on.

I just started playing with my new A clarinet on Friday (it and my
B-flat are R13s) and I am finding that I need a higher quality of reed
on my A than I need on my B-flat (in other words, a barely passable
read on the B-flat won't pass on the A).

Is this normal? ANY suggestions on getting used to the wider spacing
and everything else on the A Clarinet? I have to be able to get through
a 2 hour orchestra rehersal featuring All Ravel and All A Clarinet music
(I've been transposing it for the last 5 or 6 rehersals) and a 1 hr
chamber music rehersal of Brahms' Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115 on Tuesday.

I need help getting adjusted fast. I don't want to sound worse on the A
than I do when I'm transposing.

Krista Park
kp6185a@-----.edu
American University
Washington, DC