Klarinet Archive - Posting 000321.txt from 2000/06

From: "Alf Hörberg" <alf.horberg@-----.se>
Subj: SV: SV: [kl] Alf Horberg's comments
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 19:11:06 -0400

Bill wrote:
> I suppose this is obvious, but you could manufacture a 'pad' that
> was the same color as your shoe and then glue it to your shoe. This
> wouldn't be as weird or as obvious as playing with bare feet.

You didn't read my previous message carefully enough.

For the rest, it would be possible to plug the vent hole beforehand to play
bar 295 in the first movement since there aren't any basset notes shortly
before. In the third movement it's impossible though.

----- Original Message -----
From: William Wright <Bilwright@-----.net>
Cc: <klarinet@-----.org>
Subject: Re: SV: [kl] Alf Horberg's comments

> <><> but the vent hole, when closed by the foot
>
>
> I suppose this is obvious, but you could manufacture a 'pad' that
> was the same color as your shoe and then glue it to your shoe. This
> wouldn't be as weird or as obvious as playing with bare feet.
> It also occurs to me -- I don't know anything about either the
> music or the instrument that you folks are discussing -- but I just
> rented a bass clarinet with Eb on the horn. Closing the Eb hole has
> some but minimal effect on notes that are a couple of tones or more
> higher up. Is there any chance that the vent hole on the horn that
> you're discussing could be plugged (perhaps for just a few bars) and
> then a competent player could bend a few nearby notes if necessary,
> until the plug was no longer needed?
>
>
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