Klarinet Archive - Posting 000838.txt from 2002/03

From: "Bishop L.D. Jackson III" <lubydjackson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] C Clarinets **
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 20:23:41 -0500

What are the orchestral benefits of a C clarinet? What would be the
orchestral range of a C clarinet and where would it's place be in the
larger scope of things?

rmurch@-----.edu wrote:

>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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