Klarinet Archive - Posting 001097.txt from 1997/11

From: Josh-Boy <joshcole@-----.Edu>
Subj: Re: New topic...when to transcribe?
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 17:27:56 -0500

Actually, this is a problem at my school as well. Music majors are
required to play on the most common member of their instrument family.
For instance, sax majors must major on alto sax, trombone majors on tenor
bone... you get the idea. I could ask my fellow clarinetists (who happen
to specialize on bass!) for advice on this subject.

Josh Coleman

On Sat, 29 Nov 1997, Andrea Kellaway wrote:

> It's interesting to read this. I just joined the list, and I have been playing
> the Bass Clarinet for many years, but it was not an available instrument to
> study at my university, so I switched to clarinet and got in. For the past
> four years I have been playing a VERY little bass clarinet at school, until
> last November I performed a solo with the university orchestra on Bass
> Clarinet, and now no one's allowed me to play my clarinet. I am now only
> getting back into my clarinet duties, because my bass clarinet playing is
> effecting my clarinet embouchure drastically. I was wondering if anyone else
> has ever had this problem, and if they ever found a way to rectify it, other
> than 20 more hours a day in the practice room! :)
>
> Andrea
>
> Josh-Boy wrote:
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> > My roommate plays the contra quite well, actually; our band directors now
> > basically expect him to play it! I have to agree with you, though: the
> > lower clarinets are really tough to play, considering they require so much
> > more air. I attempted to play the contra once -- no luck. Even the Bb
> > bass clarinet proved to be rather difficult to me.... maybe its because I
> > have played clarinet my entire musical career that I have adjusted to that
> > and that alone... who knows?!?
> >
> > Josh
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