Klarinet Archive - Posting 000163.txt from 2002/09

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] PROBLEMS!!!!!! (HELP!!!!!!!!!)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 21:27:03 -0400

Raymond,

On the chance that you're seriously hoping for answers to some of these
questions, I'll take a crack at a few of them (but I won't promise the
answers will satisfy you).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raymond Griffith [mailto:g2kb2000@-----.com]
>
> 1. Does Anyone have any performance tips on the Bach
> Double Concerto for 2 Violins on Clarinet?
>
Don't try to _perform_ this as a clarinet duet. If you want to play it for
fun with another player, you must make many adjustments to the original
parts, mostly having to do with range, double-stops and bowing/phrasing.
Also, there's the matter of the accompaniment, which in its original version
involves an orchestra. If you want to actually perform something, there's
too much else out there that's more appropriate.

> 3. Does anyone know how to stop anchor tonguing?
>
Touch the tip of your tongue to the reed instead of the middle of your
tongue. But the more complete answer is to find a competent teacher and take
some lessons.

> 4. Does anyone have any good tips on improving your
> tone?
>
Find a competent teacher and take some lessons. There are too many
possibilities and you can get hopelessly confused trying them on your own,
because you may need to change a combination of things in both your
equipment and your physical approach to tone production.

> 5. What are some good set ups that work for you guys
> out there?
>
Check the archives for suggestions - again, the possibilities are nearly
limitless. You need a good source of equipment to try and someone to point
you in a direction to start. Again, finding a teacher is a good way to go.

> 6. What are you guys (girls) opinion on glass mouth
> pieces?
>
There have been discussions of this that you can look up in the Klarinet
archives. "Glass mouthpiece" is a little too generic for anyone to respond
very constructively - there are a lot of different ones available made in
different ways for different markets. One thing - they are quite breakable.

> 8. Synthetic reed vs. Wooden reed? what do yall
> prefer?
>
There is no "yall" on this list. You'll get a range of opinion from
individual list members that will without doubt leave you more confused than
you are now. Anyway, what synthetic reed? What "wooden" reed? What kind of
playing are you using it for?

> 9. My band is currently working on the whole johan de
> meij symphony, in the 5th movement and when the solo
> clarinet and 1st clarinet have that little arpeggio
> thing while (i think) the low brass has the second
> phrain of the melody notes start like this:
> f, d, f, Bb, d, Bb...... does anyone have any good
> tips on how that should be played cuz i have one
> recording where it is really played out kind of over
> the low brass thing and i heard another where it is
> kind of behind it, and then i heard on recording where
> you couldn't even here half the notes if you didn't
> know it was there!! any tips on that phrase?
>
Without having any idea what the symphony (or the passage you ask about)
sounds like, the quick answer is that the choice you're asking about isn't
really yours, it's the conductor's. Ask him/her how he/she wants the passage
to sound, then do it that way.

> 10. Leblanc opus (or millenium) Vs. Buffet R13? what
> do yall think?
>
They're both good clarinets. What's your impression of them?

Karl Krelove

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