Klarinet Archive - Posting 001279.txt from 2000/06

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] low Eb in L'histoire du Soldat
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 17:48:07 -0400

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:12:16 -0500, timaz@-----.edu said:

> Hello everybody, Can anyone help me with the following?
>
> I have recently been working on the trio version of Stravinsky's
> L'histoire du Soldat. In my edition (pub. International Music
> Company) the clarinet part goes down to the low Eb twice in the second
> movement. Now, to my knowledge, that note doesn't exist on the
> standard A clarinet. What is the common practice when dealing with
> that note? Is there a way to manipulate the horn to produce it, or do
> we need a special horn (like a 'full boehm' clarinet)? I have tried
> taking it up an octave and leaving the note out, and it just doesn't
> work. Any help would be greatly appreciated..

In the absence of a full Boehm clarinet, play it quietly up the octave.
Or consult:

http://www.sneezy.org/Databases/Logs/1999/02/000454.txt

Tony
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