Klarinet Archive - Posting 000429.txt from 1998/11

From: Ed Maurey <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tremolos
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 04:38:12 -0500

Maestro645@-----.com wrote:
>
> Hi!
> In preparing the music for Will Rodger's Follies, I've run into tremolos that
> I'm not sure how to play.
> D#-F# (low)
> G-B (throat -clarion)
> A-D (throat-clarion)
> C-Eb (altissimo)
> C-Eb (clarion)
> G#-B (throat-clarion)
> The musical is this Thursday -Friday. Up to now, I've modified the tremolos
> to trills, but I'd rather play the right notes, even though the trills did
> sound fine.
> Also, is there a book I can buy that has tremolo fingerings?
> Thanks!
> Chris hoffman
>
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Chris,
G-B: 2SK
G#-B: Top SK
The others are all pretty awful, aren't they.
Hey, I suspect it isn't great music. Play what sounds good. The
composer wouldn't give a damn. He was only in it for the money.
Ed Maurey
P.S.
Any decent composer should be in constant consultation with a competent
clarinetist. Mozart was.

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