Klarinet Archive - Posting 000335.txt from 2004/01

From: "Jodi Swinn" <jodi@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Bass Clarinet Scale Book
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 13:00:25 -0500

> as there are clarinets in A, there used to be bass clarinets
> in A, so you could be confronted with a bass clarinet part in
> the bass clef in A!!!!! So get cracking on you scales and
> bass clef now. That will certainly help you with real
> weirdness later on.
Alas, that would be nice, however, I do not have a bass clarinet
anymore. I was lucky that my school brought in a selmer from the USA for
me to use - it was fantastic. I'm no longer at school though, and cannot
afford the minimum $3,000 or so to get one over here :( (They seem to be
rare too. No-one in our area at all had one except me.....everyone
thought it was a saxaphone..)

I am hoping one day I can find an old junky bass clarinet or something.
As it is I scraped to buy my $400 clarinet (1986 Buffet B12) as a recent
way get back into music (have not played since 98)...

One day one day I shall find a bass clarinet! (I much prefer Bass to Bb
but Bb is a start again..!)

Jodi

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