Klarinet Archive - Posting 001091.txt from 1998/07

From: <Maestro645@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Audition piece
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 01:23:48 -0400

In a message dated 7/26/98 10:41:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
Cheddar99@-----.com writes:

<< >If you are going to use the Mozart as an audition piece, and you have an A

>clarinet, use it. There has already been lengthy discussion on the list
about

>this, so I also suggest reviewing those posts, or the archives.

I would, but I've been playing the mozart on a Bb for 2 years now, and I
don't
think I could relearn the song on an A in such a short amount of time. The
notes would be different right? because it's in a different key?

>>
Not if you get the accompiament in A major. Play the part the same in the
clarinet's key of C on the A. Nothing will change for you. Get ahold of a
piano part in A.
I agree that if you do one piece in A, do the mMozart in A too. My fear is
that a judge will criticize you harshly for doing one piece on A clarinet, but
not the Mozart. Think about it, ok?
(And if you can't take back the horn, experiment with a different set-up - or
maybe the mouthpiece/lig/reed would work better if you got a different barrel.
since it's a used clarinet, perhaps the barrel is just "dead", so to speak.)
Chris Hoffman

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