Klarinet Archive - Posting 000959.txt from 2001/10

From: "Debbie Shipton" <canbobfixit@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Band vs orch eefer range
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 04:38:22 -0500

I know!!! It's just psinful to listen to as well as play!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Luby D. Jackson" <lubydjackson@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Band vs orch eefer range

> 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>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 6:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Band vs orch eefer range
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> > 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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