Klarinet Archive - Posting 000198.txt from 2009/10

From: Mark Thiel <mark.thiel@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Coolest
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:44:53 -0400


Joseph W. wrote:
>Actually I think that's not so difficult to demonstrate. Just play an
F# major scale on the Bb clarinet and then a G major on the A. Let them
and Matthew L wrote:
>Or get them to do it. Then they'll understand even more!

That might be a while! We're still working on open G=2C F=2C D and maybe C=
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We're also working on which hand goes on top. I suppose I could=20
tell them that if they lived 3 centuries ago they would be perfectly=20
free to use whichever hand they wanted on top with most woodwinds.
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Lora wrote:
>>=3DA0> It is the only wind instrument that
> overblows by a twelfth (register)
>>=3DA0> instead of an octave. =3DA0 =3DA0This is part of
> why it has such a wide range.
And which contributes to going over the break being such an obstacle to cla=
rinettists!

Judy wrote:
>For what it worth=2C most of the ten year olds I've worked with are=20
>fascinated by springs . . . and how the keys work on alternate fingerings=
for E/B=2C=20
>F/C and Fsharp/C sharp. . . the more they examine how the instrument work=
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>the " cooler" they think it is.
True enough. One girl (and they're mostly girls) already noticed that the=
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left & right pinky keys do the same thing=2C though we haven't used any=20
keys -- just holes.

Matthew wrote:
>My question about the nature of "cool" was a genuine one by the way.
>Remember I'm a fuddy duddy Englishman.....
Oh come on. Could someone please translate?? "smashing"?? "brilliant"???=
?

Mark Thiel

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