Klarinet Archive - Posting 000387.txt from 1999/05

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: RE: [kl] Basset Horns
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 04:03:47 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.95
> Subj: Re: RE: [kl] Basset Horns

>
> In a message dated 5/10/99 8:38:27 PM, leeson@-----.edu writes:
>
> <<But the A basset clarinet can be bought
> off the shelf. Its a stock item.>>
>
> Dumb question of the day perhaps: could one purchase a basset clarinet in A
> and use it for pieces that require the "standard" A clarinet? Do the ranges
> of the two clarinets overlap?

Absolutely!!! It is a clarinet in A in every respect. The fact that
its lower compass of E-flat, D, D-flat, and C exist does not make it
any less of an A clarinet. In fact, the keys that allow execution of
those notes can also be used elsewhere when playing thus providing one
with a few additional fingerings for notes in the middle register,
particularly the first few notes following the break.

If one were playing a work that did not require the lowest 4 notes,
then one would simply avoid use of those keys. It is kind of
like a bass clarinet with extension down to low C. If you don't
play those notes, then you don't deal with those keys.

>
> Cindy
>
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