Klarinet Archive - Posting 000098.txt from 2005/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] clarinetists who go over to the dark side and get a
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:22:36 -0500

At 10:29 AM 12/14/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>I don't have anything to say, I just thought I'd demonstrate proper
>trimming and the ability to change the subject line.*
>
>No, seriously, I was wondering -- I have seen so many soprano saxes in
>the hands of non-clarinetist sax players who were trying to cover
>clarinet parts that I'm honestly wondering - how often does one
>encounter honest-to-goodness soprano sax parts in their respective
>gigging as a clarinetists or clarinet/sax player? I've been thinking
>back and while I play alto, tenor, and sometimes bari sax, I don't
>know that I've ever been asked to play sop. sax, nor have I been given
>a sop. sax part and asked to cover it on clarinet.
>
>Not trying to diss the instrument or those who love it and/or play it
>a lot - just wondering what kind of jobs people are doing where they
>use it.

Parts are not common, but they DO come up occasionally, even outside of
Percy Grainger. I know one of the woodwind books for the musical "Crazy
For You" has some soprano parts in it. And "Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat," too. And I once played a trumpet book in "Anything
Goes" on soprano when we were shorthanded. I believe there may have been a
few legitimate soprano parts in the woodwind books, too (or was I covering
OBOE parts on soprano...?).

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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