Klarinet Archive - Posting 000925.txt from 1998/01

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Yet again, I shall slap myself silly!
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 20:04:55 -0500

*More bapping can be heard*

How could I forget the works of Chance? His music is fantastic - his
bass and contra parts absolutely rock the house (Grainger isn't pretty
shabby in this area, either). And then I left out Pineapple Poll. Hello?
Would I care to check my brain at the door? Um?

Someone mentioned Dance Movements by Sparke. Other than the second
movement, the piece makes me wanna gag. Sorry - to me it is another
example of a composer who is taking advantadge of what he does know of an
instrument, and saying screw it to what he doesn't. The first clar. parts
are so high that they are ludicrously hard to tune - they need to be
written for Eb Clar, not Bb. And I'm currently playing 3rd clarinet, and
my major problem exists in (I think) the fourth movement: there is an
ostinato that is impossible to play correctly without an aux. Eb/Ab lever
- consecutive 16ths: C# D# E F# G# The C# must be played on the left
because the following D# can be played only on the right. When you reach
the G#, you have to drop back down to C#, but your left pinky is currently
occupied with the G# key...at quarter@-----.

Shouryu Nohe
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New Mexico State Univ.
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