Klarinet Archive - Posting 000132.txt from 1998/02

From: SDM@-----. Morrow)
Subj: Re: Bass clar. articulation
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 10:44:27 -0500

(snipped out previous discussion regarding angle of the bass clarinet
during playing and possibility that this depends on the angle of the neck)

Is the angle of the bass during playing really more of a discussion about
whether you should play the bass with the mouthpiece at a soprano-type
angle as opposed to more of a sax-type-horizontal position? I've always
felt I was "cheating" when I played the bass with the mouthpiece angled
down (but I do it occassionally, anyway - mostly when I'm playing passages
in the upper ranges where I feel I have more control in a soprano
position)!

-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410) 955-3631

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