Klarinet Archive - Posting 000188.txt from 2004/11

From: kimi <kimi_kimy@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinets
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 00:17:41 -0500


--- Donna Higgins <Donna@-----.com> wrote:

> > Out of the above soprano's not counting the Bb,
> which
> > is hardest in your opinion and which one is more
> > enjoyable to learn?
> >
> I've played all except the C clarinet, and I've
> really enjoyed each one
> of them.
>
> In my experience the little Eb was the most
> difficult to pick up. I had
> never played it up until the beginning of this past
> summer (besides A and
> Bb soprano clarinets, I also play many of the lower
> clarinets, mainly
> bass but also sometimes alto, and even a little bit
> of contra alto). So,
> the Eb was something very different for me.
>
> I started playing it because one of my orchestras
> was doing the Berlioz
> Symphonie Fantastique for a Halloween concert. It
> has a very important
> solo for the Eb clarinet in the last movement and I
> knew I was going to
> be playing that part.
>
> I worked hard on two main things: producing a
> controlled sound in tune
> rather than just a really loud shrieking noise,
> especially in the high
> notes, and training my fingers to go to the right
> places. The Eb, being
> so much smaller than the soprano clarinets, requires
> the fingers to be
> much closer to each other, and they kept wanting to
> go where I'm used to
> finding the keys on the Bb and A clarinets.
>
> I practiced scales and simple etudes at first, and
> when I felt ready I
> started working on the part in the symphony.
>
> I had so much fun I wound up buying the Eb clarinet
> I was using (I had
> borrowed it from a friend). I'm really looking
> forward to playing more
> Eb in orchestra works. One reason is because I
> usually play second
> clarinet parts in the orchestras I belong to, and
> playing Eb gives me a
> chance for some solo glory once in awhile. :-)
>
> - Donna
>
>
Hehe, solo spot is cool isn't it? I think my daughter
is wanting to expand out inside the clarinet family.
For some reason she decided she didn't want anything
to do with the saxophone. I do know she wants to play
her clarinet in the Jazz band and that is going to be
a battle I'm afraid because for some reason school
bands don't normally use a clarinet player. NOw last
year during her last year as a middle school student,
he made an exception and let her play her clarinet in
the jazz band. Thing is their two trumpet players are
such gung ho players they pretty much stole the whole
show in that they were all you could actually here
because they were so loud. I think she has found her
love with clarinets.
k :)

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