Klarinet Archive - Posting 000823.txt from 2002/03

From: "Bob Murch" <rmurch@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] C Clarinets
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:58:18 -0500

Any thoughts on the pros and cons of buying a C clarinet? Now that I am
retired, I have returned to clarinet playing after 4+ decades of doing other
things. One of my new musical activities is playing with the orchestra of a
local music school (secondary level) and several times a year we have music
written for C clarinet. Usually I can not manage the necessary real-time
transposition on my Bb (or A) clarinet. I suspect that it would be
beneficial in the area of my character development to practice sufficiently
to learn full speed sight transposing--but it may not be worth the effort.
Also, I have heard that C clarinets, in general, are not mechanically or
musically "good". Transposing is easy but, for me, recording the results on
paper is verrrry time consuming, whether done by hand or by using computer
software. Comments?

Bob

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