Klarinet Archive - Posting 000469.txt from 2002/04

From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Octave repeaters vs. Twelfth repeaters
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 00:03:56 -0400

<<<Have you ever asked yourself why there has not been a hugely popular
clarinetist since Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw?>>>

Well, I would say that it had nothing to do with the fact that the clarinet
overblows at the 12th. Mostly, it is because of changing fashion - jazz
musicians felt that the sound of the clarinet was less compatible with the
music they wanted to play than was the saxophone.

Ed Lacy
University of Evansville

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