Klarinet Archive - Posting 001046.txt from 1998/12

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset horn vs. basset clarinet
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 23:46:52 -0500

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.94
> Subj: Re: [kl] Basset horn vs. basset clarinet

>
> A basset horn is similar to an alto clarinet, although I'm not so sure
> what it's pitched at. A basset clarinet is just another name for an A
> clarinet.
>

A basset horn has a range from low written C to above high D. It is
pitched in F.

A basset clarinet IS NOT another name for an A clarinet. It is a
clarinet pitched in any key (C, B-flat, or A) that has the same
written range as a basset horn; i.e., low C to above high D.

>
>
> ---Joe Turpin <ajturpin@-----.us> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am relatively new to the list and have been "lurking" and
> absorbing the
> > good bits of information that get dropped here. I am a bassoonist
> in love
> > with the clarinet sound and constantly work toward its subtlety of
> dynamic
> > and articulation.
> >
> > So, the reason I'm posting is to ask:
> > What is the difference between a basset clarinet and a basset horn?
> >
> > Perhaps regional like the curtal and dulzian; one being from England
> the
> > other from Germany, but are of the very similar design.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for all replies and flames:-)
> >
> > Yours,
> > Joe Turpin
> > SUNY=Stony Brook
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
> > To: klarinet@-----.org>
> > Date: Sunday, December 27, 1998 1:11 PM
> > Subject: Re: [kl]Shrifin Recording
> >
> >
> > >From: Jenn D <jsdreis@-----.com>
> > >>It's neat that he
> > >>actually used his form of a bassett horn instead of a regular 'A'
> > >>clarient.
> > >
> > >
> > >Just a little note. It was a basset clarinet, not basset horn, that
> was
> > >used. It's becoming more common for this instrument to be used for
> the
> > >Mozart Concerto.
> > >
> > >I have this recording and enjoy it.
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > >----
> > >Mark Charette@-----.org
> > >Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
> > >All-around good guy and devil-may-care flying fool.
> > >"There can be no freedom without discipline." - Nadia Boulanger
> > >
> > >
> >
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