Klarinet Archive - Posting 000549.txt from 2001/10

From: "Debbie Shipton" <canbobfixit@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: "softer, gentler" side to the Eb/purpose
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:29:02 -0400

> Virginia Anderson
> Leicester, UK
> <vanderson@-----.uk>
> Experimental Music Catalogue: <http://www.experimentalmusic.co.uk>
> ...experimental music since 1969....
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> on 16/10/01 9:15 pm, "David McClune" <dmcclune@-----.edu> wrote:
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> > never go cheap, but spend the extra money on the best equipment to make
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> > your job less difficult.
> >.........

This is certainly true. When I first took up Eb last year I played on a
borrowed instrument and was convinced I was never going to be able to
achieve a good tone, and went back to Bb clarinet after a year. This year,
my parents brought me my own Eb clarinet and the difference is amazing. I
now realise how much difference the quality and choice of instrument makes.

..........> > The Eb should sound quite beautiful if you approach it with
the best mind =
> > set. That said...if a player cannot play under MF, they need to be in
the =
> > second or third row back to lessen the "impact" of their sound.
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I have also been accused of being the quietest Eb clarinetist, which is not
always a bad thing!

...............There is also a slight advantage for those with
smaller/thinner fingers, as they
> can transfer up without so much of an immediate loss in technical
facility..................

Yes-a friend of mine who occasionally plays Eb actually has to change the
fingerings he would use because his fingers are too big to be able to get to
all of the keys he would usually use if it was on a Bb clarinet!
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