Klarinet Archive - Posting 000162.txt from 2006/12

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Alto vs. bassethorn
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:59:04 -0500

Tom, I have not done the transposition, but presumed that Richard
had. Recognizing the fact that the alto is in E-flat and basset
horn in F, what is the pitch equivalent of the lowest note on an
alto clarinet when played on a basset horn; i.e., the same pitch?
According to Tom, that note (a written low e-flat)is the pitch
equivalent of a low d-flat on the basset horn. I never checked
his statement for accuracy. Are you saying that he is not
correct? If he is not, then I should have chastised him more
harshly. If he is, then you get the cream pie in the face!

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Wood [mailto:n4cid@-----.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 9:44 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Alto vs. bassethorn

> Richard wrote.......
>
> I have a slight correction to offer in connection with the alto
> clarinet and basset horn discussion. Dan Leeson wrote:
>
> >But until the alto clarinet can play the full range of notes
> >available to a basset hornist, and in tune, it cannot compete,
> >and the reason is as plain as the nose on your face. One is
> >obliged to have available the alto clarinet equivalent of a
low
> >C, D-flat, and D as heard on a basset horn in F.
>
> In fact, the low Eb on an alto clarinet is the same pitch as
the
> low Db on a basset horn, so the alto needs only ONE additional
> low note in order to have the same low range as a basset horn.
I
> have thought about constructing an extension for the alto that
> would fit between the bell and the rest of the clarinet, with a
> tone hole and pad. Never got around to actually making one.
> Anyone care to give it a try? ---Richard
>
>
Relax Mr. Leeson.......It is reasonable to infer from what you
wrote,
'One is obliged to have available the alto clarinet equivalent of
a low
C, D-flat, and D
as heard on a basset horn in F.', that the alto clarinet had
none of
the 3 notes...............

Tom Wood

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