Klarinet Archive - Posting 000650.txt from 2001/10

From: "Minister Jackson" <ldjIII@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Band Eb
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 18:38:11 -0400

With this being said, where do I get the WhiteMaster reeds? Are they
specifically made for eefer?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Robb" <stephen_robb@-----.net>
Subject: RE: [kl] Band Eb

> I noticed this post, as I too have played Eb in band. It does seem to
have
> a reputation for being "squeeky" and out of tune. In my experience, at
> different times the Eb doubles or supports the Bb's, flutes, oboes, and
> piccolo, and I have had to be alert to whom I am doubling or supporting,
as
> each of these instruments/players will have different tuning tendancies.
I
> have found that Vandoren WhiteMaster reeds give the Eb a fuller, more "Bb
> clarinet" sound than the Vandoren Eb reeds.
>
> It is a joy to play in a piece where the composer or arranger knows what
to
> do with the Eb--some of the Eb player's problems are derived from parts
that
> have been generated just so that the set has an Eb part, and sometimes the
> orchestration of the parts make no sense or just unimaginatively double
the
> 1st Bb's for most of the piece.
>
> My two cents...
>
> -----------------------------------
> Donella Robb
> stephen_robb@-----.net
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Virginia Anderson [mailto:assembly1@-----.com]
> > Sent: October 16, 2001 6:06 AM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: [kl] Band Eb
> >
> > on 16/10/01 9:15 am, Josh <eliazor@-----.net> wrote:
> > > What is the Eb real purpose in the symphonic band.
> >
> > As to bands, Josh, a lot of "generalist" band music merely has
> > the Eb double
> > flutes in case there isn't one (and, given dwindling music budgets,
often
> > there isn't one or at least one worth playing). Most music meant for
> > university bands will have separate Eb parts, with cues in other
> > instrumental parts should there not be one around.
> >
> > To combat the band leader's complaints that the Eb is too loud and too
> > out-of-tune, you need to spend hours and hours with a chromatic tuner,
> > learning to control the instrument at all dynamic levels. If you have
the
> > average school instrument you will probably have to find or make up
> > alternate fingerings to bring problem notes into tune (all this
> > took me most
> > of a year at university level). In ensemble parts you need to adopt the
> > colouration of the flutes (or other instruments which you double), to
play
> > within them and to support them, much as an orchestral second
clarinettist
> > does for his or her first.
> >
>
>
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