Klarinet Archive - Posting 000074.txt from 2006/09

From: "Curtis Bennett" <curtis.bennett@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Bass Clarinet for Beginners
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:40:32 -0400

Walter, tell us how you really feel! :)

BTW, the advice is much appreciated. Maybe this Sunday I won't look
like a complete idiot when they hand me the "keys" to my bass
clarinet. I'll at least know how to hold the thing. :)

On 9/7/06, GrabnerWG@-----.com> wrote:
> 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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