Klarinet Archive - Posting 000084.txt from 1998/09

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset Clarinet
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 18:48:45 -0400

Antoine,
Sorry, but there is simply no good place to put the breaths in the
slow section. If you have superb breath control you CAN do it with a
minimum of breaths (2-3, I think). One option is to leave out a note here
and there, such as the 'e' after the low c. I don't know what Mendelssohn
was thinking when he wrote that part (yes, it is originally for this
instrumentation) but he really didn't do us any favors.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Antoine T Clark wrote:

> This semester I am playing the Basset horn. One of the pieces that I am
> playing is the Mendelssohn Concertpiece for Bb Clarinet and Basset horn #2.
> I am having a little difficulty with the second movement. It is not a
> problem of technique but rather that of breathing. I can't help but take
> breaths in the inappropriate spots. Does anyone have any recommendations on
> what I should do? I was thinking maybe speeding up the tempo but I do not
> want to kill accuracy for speed, since this part is very technical and I
> have to play a lot of low C's.
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> ANTOINE CLARK
> s2atclar@-----.edu
> Virginia Commonwealth
> Univ.
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