Klarinet Archive - Posting 000877.txt from 2004/07

From: "Gavin Rebetzke" <gavin_rebetzke@-----.au>
Subj: RE: [kl] Bass Cl Didgeridoo
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 21:34:26 -0400

What is the purpose of requiring a reed instrument to fake
it?

I offered to the composer (via the conductor) to play a didgeridoo
instead (or a length of PVC pipe cut to the right length with bee's wax
on the "mouthpiece"), but the message I got was that getting an actually
didgeridoo to play would be "cheap"; and I can understand (sort of) what
he means. The low F# played on the Bass clarinet is actually quite
effective - but I fear the composer has an effect in mind which is more
virtuosic than just playing the note and changing embouchure as is
suggested in the part.

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