Klarinet Archive - Posting 000603.txt from 1999/05

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: Mozart on Bb Clarinet
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 08:01:30 -0400

Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 23:36:54 +0100
From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subject: Re: [kl] basset clarinet and K622
Message-ID: <19990513.233654.84@-----.uk>
On Thu, 13 May 1999 18:06:16 -0400, bhausman@-----.com said:
> You've put it all into this paragraph alone! Those of us who, like
> you, continue to play the Mozart in our own basements on our Bb
> clarinets, hoping that eventually we will find someone who can hack
> the transposed piano accompaniment, thank you.
As a young lad, not having an A clarinet, I used to play some of the
Mozart last movement on my Bb along with Reginald Kell's 78 rpm record
on our family radiogram. It had an adjustable speed, and I just set it
so that it would be in tune.
Not really appreciating what I'd done, I had quite an argument with my
teacher about whether the piece was for Bb or A clarinet. "Well,
Reginald Kell plays it on the Bb," I said. "I know, because I can play
along with the record!"
(It must have been a bit fast, of course:-)
Tony
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I would say that most of us (99%) have at one time early in our Clarinet
playing history have pulled out the Mouthpiece, Barrel, Center Joint, and Bell
almost to the point of "falling apart", and tried to play The Mozart Concerto
on Bb with an A recording. I know I did ;) It almost works...

David Blumberg
playit@-----.com
http://www.mytempo.com
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