Klarinet Archive - Posting 001268.txt from 1998/01

From: "Loh Tzu Liang" <tlloh@-----.sg>
Subj: Alternate keys and other mechanisms
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 14:27:08 -0500

Hello..

sorry for the late reply..busy..

>*More bapping can be heard*

ohohoho..!

>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?

*uncontrolable laughter* you're gd at this ehh?

>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@-----.

Well, I guess tts when you really need the alternate Eb fingering on the
left pinky or the articulated G# mechanism.
I have always been wowed by the ingenuity of these mechnisms but never cld
understand its use and it was just a pretty thing to hv.. until I began to
play more dif pieces in college ;-)

I am just glad tt the bclts I used at tt time a Yamaha at first then a
Selmer P model 23 (I think..I manged to persuade my teacher in charge to
purchase it!! I was one HAPPY bclt player!!) both had them ;-) they really
came in useful but it needs quite a little practice getting used to it (my
pinkies got lost when I first played the Selmer..had 6 keys on both sides &
2 under the thumb rest)
Not tt I was complaining ;-)

Yours sincerely,
Loh
tlloh@-----.com

   
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