Klarinet Archive - Posting 000231.txt from 2002/04

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Has anybody our there performed the Piazzolla TangoEtudes?
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:53:25 -0500

They are pretty tough to play. However most of the fast stuff actually lays
really well under the fingers. They were originally written for sax, but I
can only imagine how difficult they would be for that instrument. I think
they are much easier on clarinet.

I see them sort of the same genre of etude that the Chopin etudes are for
piano. They are very difficult etudes that work well as concert pieces.
I'm a pretty good sight reader, but they still require a sizable commitment
of time to learn.

--Ben

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anne Lenoir [mailto:AnneLenoir@-----.net]
>
>
> Benjamen, I will have to try to work on them. I just read through them
> today and found that they are much harder than I had anticipated. They
> are not the kind of etudes that I can sight read very well. ANNIE
>

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