Klarinet Archive - Posting 000883.txt from 2004/07

From: "Christy Erickson" <perickso@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: upper altissimo
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:07:27 -0400


> Christy Erickson wrote:
>=20
> >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.
>=20
> Patricia Smith
>=20

Patricia, I find that most of the time, it seems to be a reed =
problem-too
soft. I don't know why I have such a hard time convincing people of =
that
but I do. I've wondered if it simply the fact that they don't want to =
spend
extra money on new reeds but I can't figure out how they can stand the =
sound
when they play like that. Then there is the art of voicing also and I
suppose the fact that most people simply don't play those notes often =
enough
to be able to voice them properly. I've never heard of anyone teaching =
a
clarinetist to play flat in the altissimo register?! What's that about?
Christy =20

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