Klarinet Archive - Posting 000733.txt from 1998/05

From: Edinger/Gilman <wde1@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] clarinets with C extension
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 20:32:07 -0400

The recent discussion of basset clarinets and low-C basses raises an
interesting question (at least to someone who's never played anything
that went lower than low Eb): are the extra notes at the low end of any
use when you're playing around the break, i.e. can you get a decent
sound going below middle B, down to, what? the equivalent of open G? I
would guess maybe not on the bass, but perhaps on the basset clar., say
for trills or other ornaments? Or by the time you're in a position to
own one, is it no longer an issue?

Bill Edinger

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