Klarinet Archive - Posting 000243.txt from 2000/10

From: Shouryunus Sarcasticii <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Most difficult band piece(s)
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 09:30:23 -0400

On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Benjamin Maas wrote:

> Two parts come to mind: 1. the second part from the Scottish Dances of
> Malcolm Arnold. The rest lay pretty well, but the second is all over the
> break...

I endured that my first year at NMSU...it was my first semester as a
clarinet player (not a BASS clarinet player) in nearly 5 years, and I was
still settling my emb. What REALLY made it tough was that in high school,
I had a fairly nice bass with an alternate Ab/Eb lever. My Vito clarinet
had no such luxury...and as any one who's played the fourth movement of
the transcription, it's not a luxury - it's a neccessity! (At least if
you want to play it smoothly at a good tempo.)

> 2. Hindemith- Symphonic Metamorphosis transcription. Most are familliar
> witht the last movement, which isn't too bad. If you try the first and
> second, though... Watch out.

We're playing the March from that for our Halloween concert this year...I
get the fun part...Contrabass!

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"Never put passion before principle. Even when win, you lose."
-Miyagi-san, KKpt.II

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