Klarinet Archive - Posting 000879.txt from 2004/07

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: upper altissimo
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:16:32 -0400

Christy Erickson wrote:

>Patricia, I love playing those marches also. However, it's not pleasant to play them sitting next a bunch of "first clarinet part wanna-be's" who can barely squeak those notes out, much less play them in tune.
>
This goes right up there with clarinet players who insist on playing
flat in that register, rather than on top of the pitch, because that is
how they were taught to play those notes in college/university. Scary.
But true. It has been my experience that too many teachers teach their
students to be AFRAID of the third register.

Patricia Smith

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