Klarinet Archive - Posting 000161.txt from 2002/01

From: "Stephen C. Moore" <stmoore@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Low B on Bass Clarinet
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 17:49:21 -0500

If the resonance hole isn't an issue, I have had luck sticking an empty
paper towel roll in the bell. The sound is kind of buzzy, but it worked
acceptibly for a note that was only held breifly.

Stephen C. Moore stmoore@-----.edu/~stmoore
Technical Assistant, Computer Science Dept., New Mexico State University
"In my country, little is possible and everything's important; In
America, everything is possible and little is important" - Shostakovich
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On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, David Glenn wrote:

> SDSCHWAEG@-----.com wrote:
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> > Hi, All!
> > I need some help with a bass clarinet problem. The band at Augustana College, where I teach, is doing a relatively new piece by David Dzubay that calls for the bass clarinet to sustain a low B - the one below low C on a low C bass.
> > There are 4 bass clarinet players in the band, only one of whom has a low C instrument. One of the 4 also plays contra, so we could have him switch horns for that one note (there's no contra part in the piece). The girl with the low C horn would really like to play it on bass, though, if at all possible. We've discovered that if she stops the bell she sounds a low B while fingering low C. This is really awkward, though, and doesn't work on my bass clarinet at all because I have a resonance hole in the bell. Is there another way to accomplish the low B?
> > Thanks!
> > Sue Schwaegler
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> Sue,
> on my bass clarinet I get a pretty good B natural by taking my shoe off and closing the resonace hole with my foot. (Pfewww!) I play a Fritz Wurlitzer reform Boehm. Might that work for you??
> David
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