Klarinet Archive - Posting 000254.txt from 2010/10

From: "Steve Hartman" <sdh902@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Eb Name
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:12:05 -0400

Maybe the E-flat clarinet should rightly be called a "sopralto."
"Piccolo" simply means "little" in the Italian language.

-Steve Hartman
NYC

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From: "Jim Lytthans" <lytthans@-----.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 7:04 PM
Subject: [kl] Eb Name

> No, it's actually called a sopranino, but I don't know why. Being half the
> size of an alto clarinet, soprano would be more appropriate. We don't have
> an Ab soprano. If we did, that would make the high Ab a true sopranino. We
> should have soprano Basset horn in F. This could go on forever........
>
> BTW, here is a video of the Seika HS Band. Pretty scary and virtuosic.
> Notice how they even move together and seem to have the music memorized.
> BBb
> contra and two bass clarinets are used.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg1eFmSbXw8&feature=related
>
> Dr. Jim Lytthans
> Anaheim, CA
>
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