Klarinet Archive - Posting 000047.txt from 2005/06

From: Steven Haaser <steven.haaser@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] special parts (transposed)
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:19:04 -0400

Donna,

I know several people around Baltimore who
use the term beefer. They tend to be reed
doublers for show pits.

"Yeah, I'm playing picc, beefer, and alto
for Reed 2 tonight"

Clarinets are eefer, beefer, and bass.
For alto clarinet you have to say alto clarinet
since an unmodified alto is an alto sax.

bass means bass clarinet, and you have to
say bass sax if you are playing Reed 4 for
West Side Story
(picc, flute, beefer, bass, soprano, and bass sax)

Note: I've never heard anyone attempt afer or aafer,
since A clarinets are unheard of in shows (except
some Sondheim oddities).

Cheers,
Steve
At 10:00 6/2/2005, you wrote:
>Quoting Gordon Ross <gtg@-----.uk>:
>
> > For those of us who are bears of little brain, what is an "eefer" ?
>
>Eb clarinet.
>
>Come to think of it, if we call the Eb an "eefer," how come no one refers to a
>Bb as a "beefer"?
>
>- Donna

Steven A. Haaser steven.haaser@-----.edu
The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory
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