Klarinet Archive - Posting 000271.txt from 2008/11

From: Jacob Lindsay <jacobmakesnoise@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] C vs Eb Bass Clarinet
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:15:24 -0500

I play a low C for all the reasons Dan says....but I know some folks who actually prefer the low Eb. Why? Facility (those three extra notes on the low C make the instrument slightly unweildy), and Timbre (I guess the Eb sounds nicer at that particular range - meaning at the low Eb).....who knows, just want to say that there are those that prefer the low Eb.

Jacob Lindsay
http://www.bayimproviser.com/jacoblindsay

--- On Wed, 11/19/08, Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:

> From: Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net>
> Subject: Re: [kl] C vs Eb Bass Clarinet
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 10:32 AM
> You are probably going to get 50 answers, all of which will
> say, "GET THE LOW C MODEL!!!!!"
>
> There are five reasons why:
>
> 1. The literature calls for it. I found low C's in
> Sousa Marches.
>
> 2. If you stop playing for some reason, it will be a lot
> easier to sell if it is a low C instrument.
>
> 3. The additional wood added to enable the low C, changes
> the timbre of the entire instrument to the better.
>
> 4. If you don't get the low C model, a team of 50
> clarinet players will show up at your house and hurl insults
> at you.
>
> 5. You can use the instrument as a double for bassoon which
> calls for its low B-flat frequently, and that is the same
> note as the low C on the bass clarinet.
>
> Dan Leeson
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael
> Rasmussen" <michael@-----.us>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:39 AM
> Subject: [kl] C vs Eb Bass Clarinet
>
>
> > For someone buying their first bass clarinet what
> regrets may lay in store if he buys an Eb rather than C
> model?
> >
> > Very, __very__, amateur player in this case.
> >
> > -- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
> > Be appropriate && Follow your curiosity
> > http://www.jamhome.us/
> > The fortune cookie says:
> > You will be imprisoned for contributing your time and
> skill to a bank robbery.
> >
> >
> >
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