Klarinet Archive - Posting 001280.txt from 2000/06

From: "mark weinstein" <cpaok@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] low Eb in L'histoire du Soldat
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 18:08:41 -0400

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From: "Tony Pay" <Tony@-----.uk>
Subject: Re: [kl] low Eb in L'histoire du Soldat

> 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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