Klarinet Archive - Posting 000404.txt from 2001/11

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Free Bass Clarinet Quintets online for download...
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 23:34:47 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Lowenstern [mailto:bassclar@-----.com]
>
> P.P.S. You can still get bass clarinet altissimo fingerings if
> you want them
> - among other things...

For anybody that plays bass clarinet (especially contemporary music), I
highly recommend getting these fingerings. A couple years back, I played
Michael's piece "SPASM" and his fingerings are the only thing that made me
be able to get through it. In this piece, you have to play runs that go
over 4 octaves as well as having to pop out notes like double-high C's and
D's. Every one of his fingerings worked perfectly (even though he plays
Selmer and I play Buffet).

If you aren't familiar with his music, I *strongly* urge everybody to check
out his recordings. The man is a $%@-----. :-)

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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