Klarinet Archive - Posting 000130.txt from 2006/08

From: clarni bass <clarnibass@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] clar pricing
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:38:46 -0400

Not all of us need at least 2 clarinets. You are right
about most professional classical clarinetists, but in
jazz and improvised music you rarely (if ever) see A
clarinets. I wouldn't say it is a given that we need
at least 2 clarinets.

--- sarah elbaz <sarah@-----.com> wrote:

>
>
>
> > -------Original Message-------
> > From: dnleeson <dnleeson@-----.net>
> > Subject: RE: [kl] clar pricing
> > Sent: 05 Aug '06 16:32
> >
> > Probably was me.??But that is not the issue at
> hand.??I was
> > simply trying to show that one does not need two
> or even three
> > clarinets.??I wouldn't do it, but the party
> involved was
> > complaining about costs of having to own multiple
> clarinets.??So
> > I said some thing,
>
>
> "you don't really need several??instruments if
> > you are a good transposer."??Read my note in that
> context.
> >
> > Dan Leeson
> > DNLeeson@-----.net
>
> Dan, you proved again that you are very good with
> theory but not really familiar with the practical
> side of clarinet playing.
>
> We need two clarinets even when we transpose very
> well. When was the last time that you heard a
> clarinetist play Mozart concerto on stage with a
> Bb?? probably never. Is it because people don't
> know how to transpose or is it because they are
> trying to make music and don't want to spend all
> their energy struggling with five sharps and
> intonation problems?
>
> We need two clarinets because when we play music we
> want to walk in the main road and not in the dark
> alleys of the clarinet.
>
> Sarah
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Doug Potter [mailto:doug@-----.net]
> > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 9:03 AM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: RE: [kl] clar pricing
> >
> >
> > But wasn't it you, Dan, who recently told me I
> shouldn't think of
> > playing a
> > C part with a Bb?
> >
> > Doug
> > http://ConicWave.net
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dnleeson [mailto:dnleeson@-----.net]
> > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 10:33 AM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: RE: [kl] clar pricing
> >
> > ...??Buy only an A and transpose everything.
> >
> > ...
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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