Klarinet Archive - Posting 000236.txt from 1999/10

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] ligatures for Eb
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 03:54:59 -0400

on 10/8/99 12:10 AM, Shouryu Nohe wrote:

>when I get above screamin' E on
>ye olde ministick, I find it's easier (sometimes) just to play everything
>down a half step and lip it up. ^_^
>
>(I think I've heard of some other pros using that technique as well.)

First of all, I hope you mean play it **UP** a half step and lip it down
(if necessary). But a better plan is to come up with Peter Hadcock's book
of Eb excerpts, and check out some of his special fingerings for the
altissimo of the Eb clarinet. They really work.

another correspondent wrote:

>When the day comes to play the Eb part in Strauss' Till, be prepared: the
>part is for D clarinet.

Hadcock also provides a correctly transposed complete part for Eb
clarinet. Before this information gives Dan Leeson a coronary event, also
check out the Chicago/Barenboim recording - a few years old now. The word
is that John Bruce Yeh plays Till on a D clarinet. But good luck trying
to find one that plays in tune.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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