Klarinet Archive - Posting 000193.txt from 2001/09

From: HatNYC62@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Re: miscellaneous
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:28:45 -0400

>>>1. I agree completely with Dan Leeson that you should play the music on
the

specified instruments. The sound of the clarinet is unique because of its

construction. Certain passages over the break , low B/Bb upper E/Eb, F/F#

and the altissimo notes have sounds that change if you transpose them on an

instrument. Good composers with a sense of instrumentation were/are

conscious of this and write to it - even if it is based upon imperfections

or unsolved problems in the design.<<<

Do you really believe this? First of all, the break is to be made as
invisible as possible in performance. I can't think of any composer who wants
the clarinet to sound uneven. Certainly not any clarinet player who does. If
your register breaks are that noticeable, you have some work to do anyway.

This particular argument doesn't pass the smell test to me.

David Hattner, NYC

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