Klarinet Archive - Posting 000281.txt from 2000/05

From: Spike Spiegel <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Molly On The Shore
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 02:14:06 -0400

On Thu, 4 May 2000, Chrissie Gilbert wrote:
> I'll agree that the clarinet part is great in that tune.... especially for
> firsts.

Actually the third and fourth parts are much harder, even though they are
a little lower. The repeated triplet ostinatos are VERY difficult to keep
in time, and for the thirds especially, as they cross the break.

I've heard many high schools play MotS, but usually this triplet ostinato
is buried (I would wager many times ON PURPOSE, as it is nigh unplayable)
and all you hear are the firsts and seconds while the really interesting
part gets buried.

1st/2nds:
Dit-dit-di-dah, Dit-dit-di-dah, Digidih-dah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah...

simultaneously, the 3rds/4ths have:
Dit-dit-di-dah, Dit-dit-di-dah, Digidih-Digidih-Digidih-Digidih.

> But, although there was one person in my section at the time we played it who
> could keep up no matter _what_ the speed.... all I have to say is _not too
> fast_. =)

The bass clarinetist? (This was the case for me when I was in high
school...)

I think metronomes worldwide get more use during the preparation for that
piece more than any other. ^_^

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"I don't know, and I don't have an opinion." - Jet Black

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