Klarinet Archive - Posting 000225.txt from 1999/10

From: dranchg@-----.net
Subj: [kl] re: Giampieri etudes
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 03:54:48 -0400

Andy,

Giampieri is in the quintessential late 19th-C. great operatic tradition. Most likely the Italian school fingering system facilitated some of the playing which the Boehm German-school fingering finds 'awkward', as you are discovering. Also, the low-eb would have been standard for any opera player, where the performer
would need the low e-flat to play the a clarinet parts on the b-flat.
Everything was transposed, as there was often not enough time to switch instruments. (or switching would be unreliable due to the coldness of the switched-to instrument, and hence risk of being out-of-tune).

So cherish your little time with Mr. Giampieri. You might learn good operatic tradition while you overcome technical hurdles.

Rgds,

Gary Dranch (DMA, '81)

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