Klarinet Archive - Posting 000071.txt from 2006/09

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Bass Clarinet for Beginners
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:42:47 -0400

In a message dated 9/7/2006 4:20:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
wthompson222@-----.net writes:
One person on bulletin board thread I just mentioned
suggested to that bass-beginner to use a really soft
reed in the beginning. I think this is common advice.

Thanks Wayne, for bringing this up. IT IS common advice. It is also
bullshit! The standard range for the bass clarinet goes up to the altissimo G.
Composers write it all the time (maybe not in the easier band pieces). You simply
cannot play the upper clarion, let alone the altissimo, with a super soft
reed, It is this kind of thinking that has crippled bass clarinet playing for
generations.

Walter Grabner
_www.clarinetxpress.com_ (http://www.clarinetxpress.com)

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