Klarinet Archive - Posting 000275.txt from 2003/06

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Begin the Beguine
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 12:23:50 -0400

Now that is a clever riposte!!

Dan

Raycraft wrote:
>>>>The original key of the Artie Shaw record of Begin the Beguine is D
>>>>concert,
>>>>placing the clarinet in the key of E! Nice brilliant key! ...
>>>
>>I am curious Ted. Why do you characterize E as a "brilliant key"?
>>What's brilliant about it?
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> Dan, I know, I know!!! He means "brilliant" as in "clever",
> meaning a person has to be smarter and more adept to
> play in a key with four sharps. ;-)
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> No?
>
> Sue
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