Klarinet Archive - Posting 000687.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: Clarinets players becoming sax players & bass clars
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 03:58:24 -0400

I can't say I find these notes weak precisely, but they do seem difficult
to hit when leaping up from the bottom register. When I started on the
bass, I found controlling the passage across the break the most difficult
bit. I've never had an instrument with more than one register key,
though - is this easier on an instrument with 2?
Roger Shilcock

On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 18:07:34 -0400
> From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: RE: Clarinets players becoming sax players
>
> At 11:46 AM 10/15/97 +0100, Ian Dilley wrote:
> >Strangely I had a similar experience just yesterday. I tried playing a
> >bass clarinet for the first time. Even though it's many years since I
> >played a saxophone I kept trying to use my LH middle finger for first
> >space F and C above the stave.
> >
> Been there, done that. Maybe it is the plateau keys that fool you, or that
> curvy neck making you think tenor sax. Or the neckstrap. Or mouthpiece
> angle. Anyway, you are not alone.
>
>
> >Incidentally, on this bass clarinet I had a lot of trouble playing the
> >notes from G just above the stave up to C but above C it became a lot
> >easier. Can someone tell me if this is normal for bass clarinet, or was
> >it a bad instrument/mouthpiece/reed or is it just me?
> >
> I believe those are traditionally weak notes on bass clarinet, but if
> someone knows how to fix it, I'd like to know for my own horn!
>
>
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
> 451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
> Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>