Klarinet Archive - Posting 000075.txt from 2005/06

From: willy kostucki <wk@-----.be>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bb & C clarinets
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:53:28 -0400

Hello Ted,
Thanks for your answer.
This is precisely my situation: I would like to play the Klezmer on a =20=

C (I got one recently), I have been playing Klezmer for 5 years on a =20
Bb. But what is the real advantage of doing so?
Is it an "easier" way to play or is it purely the sound that comes =20
out which is closer to the so-called original klezmer sound?
Usually Klezmer music is played in minor keys D or G or etc. Is it =20
easier to play on a C? More difficult? Or no difference at all?
As I am also interested in the Klez history I found out that =20
clarinetists-immigrants like Tarras or Brandwein finally turned to =20
Bb, some eventually playing on Bb with the fingering of the C they =20
where used to in Poland or Ukraine. What do you think is the reason =20
for that (switching to Bb and maintaining the fingering of the C)?
PS: I am an adult amateur beginner, this explain maybe the naiveness =20
of my questions. Sorry.
Zayt Gezunt!
PS: is Casher your real family name?
WILLY.

Le 01-juin-05 =E0 16:29, Ted Casher a =E9crit :

> Ted Casher here. I have both varieties---I use the C for klezmer =20
> and the Bb for everything else.
>
> I only play concert music once in a while---but if the situation =20
> arises, I will go see Emilio Lyons at Rayburn Music, in Boston, and =20=

> rent an A.
>
> I own a Noblet C, and I put a Pete Fountain model mpce on it. It =20
> is a great fit!
>
> Happy playing!
>
> Ted Casher
> The Master of Disaster
>
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