Klarinet Archive - Posting 000971.txt from 2001/10

From: lubydjackson@-----. Jackson)
Subj: Re: [kl] Band vs orch eefer range
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:24:51 -0500

I have noticed that I've gotten better on the Bb after extended play periods
on the eefer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debbie Shipton" <canbobfixit@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Band vs orch eefer range

> I know!!! It's just psinful to listen to as well as play!!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luby D. Jackson" <lubydjackson@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 2:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Band vs orch eefer range
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> > 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
> >
> >
> > > 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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