Klarinet Archive - Posting 000435.txt from 1997/07

From: Nicholas Yuk Sing Yip <nyip@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: OPERA!
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 13:10:38 -0400

On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Craig E. Countryman wrote:

> Thanks Nicholas, any particular section or aria you like in that opera?
> Also, being a tuba player as well, I just had to pick this quote out
>
> Nicholas Yuk Sing Yip wrote:
> "...Tuba parts are not that hard to read---"
>
> and say that tuba parts get pretty ugly sometimes, especially because
> we're not used to having to bounce around three or four octaves like
> clarinet, yet a lot of composers seem to be under the impression that we
> can, without driving ourselves mad.
>
> Also, I agree that while I, and many others on this list it seems, find
> toungue piercing to be odd we shouldn't criticize. I am glad the
> question was asked before the fact, so that maybe we could present some
> useful ideas. That's really what we're about here anyway.
>
> -----------------
> Craig Countryman
> cegc@-----.net
> http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1711
>
> Point to Ponder
>
> "I am not crook." -Richard M. Nixon
>
I like the piece as a whole, any particular section would do in between
the two outside pieces.

Bueno suerte!