Klarinet Archive - Posting 000378.txt from 1999/10

From: Mitch Bassman <mbassman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re Oboe lyre
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 14:49:02 -0400

At 09:28 PM 10/13/1999 +1000, Rod Ellem wrote:
>the oboe player has been given a clarinet for
>parade use....and she is going on parade without a reed on!!!

Hmmm.... Wouldn't she get exactly the same sound using an *oboe* without a
reed?

In that case, she'd at least know the proper fingerings -- whether or not
she used a lyre. And she wouldn't have to be issued an extra instrument.

In fact, if the entire "reed" section went on parade "without a reed on,"
it would be easy to vary the instrumentation to get the desired visual
effect. (This could start an entirely new thread about the musicality of
marching bands. If the oboist fingers a wrong note but she isn't using a
reed, does it harm the music?)

I always marched with a piccolo,
Mitch

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