Klarinet Archive - Posting 000946.txt from 2001/10

From: lubydjackson@-----. Jackson)
Subj: Re: [kl] Band vs orch eefer range
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:00:13 -0500

I don't want to sound ugly, but having an altissimo "A" on eefer is just
ridiculous. I mean, the highest I can get on eefer is a good high F. It
just hurts to bad and I get a bloody lip trying to go any higher. I use
3.5s on my eefer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debbie Shipton" <canbobfixit@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Band vs orch eefer range

> We played it last year and it was the first piece I ever played on my
> borrowed Eb clarinet. Tuning was an absolute disaster, but it turned out
> alright in the end!! This term we are playing Malcolm Arnold's Four
Cornish
> Dances and the Eb part goes up to top A, as in the one above the one above
> the stave!! Any tips for tuning would be much appreciated!!!
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SDSCHWAEG@-----.com]
> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 6:20 AM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: Re: [kl] Band vs orch eefer range
> >
> >
> > Since we're discussing eefer parts... Our Wind Ensemble is currently
> > preparing Adam Gorb's "Yiddish Dances". If you haven't played it yet,
> it's
> > a
> > really fun piece with a great, highly soloistic, Eb part. It goes up to
> > high
> > G, but when that happens you're doubling flutes (tuning! eek!). The
solo
> > sections don't go above high E. There's a very cool duet in one
movement
> > between the Eb and a solo Bb, and, of course, the whole thing is to be
> > played
> > with a klezmer flair. Tons of fun! (For you conductor types, you also
> need
> > soloists on trumpet, flute, trombone and alto sax.)
> > Sue Schwaegler
> >
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