Klarinet Archive - Posting 000486.txt from 1999/06

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Key extensions
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 00:54:42 -0400

On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Dodgshun family wrote:

> Does anyone have any tips on the best way to put together a key
> extension? I'm playing the bass clarinet part for a Latin American
> piece called "Sensemaya" at the moment, and it is giving me RSI because
> I play nothing but low Eb-low E for about 4 pages.

I don't have any suggestions for extending the key, but
I offer my sympathy. Even on a more ergonomically designed
bass clarinet, playing that low-Eb in Sensemaya is a pain in
the hand. And the piece itself is just so much fluff any-
way.

-- Neil

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