Klarinet Archive - Posting 000263.txt from 1999/05

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] C Clarinets
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 00:16:54 -0400

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Date: Saturday, May 08, 1999 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] C Clarinets

>... Someone posted regarding the Eb clarinet as Peter Hadcock played it -
>being the same sound (almost) as his Bb/A clarinet playing. John Yeh
>sounds very similar on his Eb as he does on his Bb. In fact, he sounds
>similar on his C as he does his Eb and D.

I'm wondering though, if we aren't overlooking the fact that at the *same
concert pitch*, the Eb soprano could be playing in its chalumeau register
for some notes (but not all of course) where the Bb soprano would be playing
in it's clarion register. These will have different textures due to the
harmonic content of the overtone series. Ditto for some of the clarion /
altissimo notes. Thus a conductor could easily notice the difference if he
is expecting a throat tone out of an Eb but gets the equivalent clarion note
of the Bb. Composers could also exploit this difference for effect.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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