Klarinet Archive - Posting 000386.txt from 2004/09

From: X-MailScanner-srichter@-----.edu
Subj: RE: [kl] Alto Clarinet Questions
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:29:25 -0400

The alto clarinet is the "Bastard" of the clarinet family.=20
Do your best. It is a finicky beast.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Reyes [mailto:robert.reyes@-----.net]=20
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:11 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Alto Clarinet Questions

Hello. I've been given the task of playing the alto clarinet in my
school's
clarinet choir. I have a few questions. I've had the thing for a week
now
and I've had mixed results, one minute it sounds like a musical
instrument,
the next like a dog whistle. I'm using Vandoren 2 1/2 alto sax reeds, a
rovner tenor sax ligature ( it was the only ligature that would fit on
the
mouthpiece), and a Geo M. Bundy 3 mouth piece. The instrument is a
plastic
bundy. Here are my questions, is the upper octave suppose to sound
airy(I
don't mean d above the staff, I mean middle C to C above the staff)?
What
other mouthpieces should I try, and I heard there is a mouthpiece that
is
for alto clarinet that was made just for alto sax reeds. How much of
the
mouthpiece should go into my mouth? Any and all comments would be
helpful.
Thank You.

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