Klarinet Archive - Posting 000762.txt from 1998/12

From: merlinw@-----.ca
Subj: Re: [kl] Eb Clarinet upper register
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 22:30:50 -0500

On 12/20/98 15:02:38 you wrote:
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>I need help! I am trying out for the district honor band in area on Jan. 9 for
>clarinet and Eb clarinet. We must do a full range chromatic scale up to a G (4
>above the staff) and I can't get any note higher than an E above the staff.
>I'm using my teachers professional vandoren b44 and vandoren 3 reeds. Any
>suggestions? Thanks

I've tried the setup you have, and I think it's too soft to produce those notes with certainty. Try a 3 1/2 or 4, and get Peter Hadcock's book of orchestral excerpts for eefer. The fingering chart in the book is worth the cover price.

Merlin Williams
merlinw@-----.ca
http://www.netcom.ca/~merlinw
A member of the Saxring,
and the Duke Ellington Ring.

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