Klarinet Archive - Posting 000949.txt from 1999/02

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Bb/G multiphonic?
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 14:59:55 -0500

On Thu, 25 Feb 1999 12:50:56 -0700, rbushidioglot@-----.net said:

> Since only the Italians seem to own soprano clarinets to low Eb in
> great abundance, try tucking the bell between your knees to achieve
> something like an Eb length acoustically. Let us know if my suggestion
> has any merit.

It doesn't really work for a multiphonic. Or at least, I never could
get it to go.

The bit about Italians having full Boehm clarinets isn't really true
either nowadays. It used to be so, but now hardly anybody plays them.

I was once told that 'the true Italian tradition' is to play all music
on a Bb full Boehm. (I don't think that applied to the Mozart Concerto,
but you never know.) Fortunately, we've managed to kill that one off,
and now they even play on C clarinets, for Verdi and so on.

Tony
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