Klarinet Archive - Posting 000404.txt from 2010/11

From: "Jim Lytthans" <lytthans@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Basset Clarinet
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:50:06 -0500

<I think it is a Bassett clarinet in Low G>

Basset clarinets are pitched in A, and, infrequently, in Bb. The Basset Horn
is pitched in F. The G clarinet is used in Turkish and sometimes Klezmer
music. Amati makes one. Very awkward to play, especially the right hand.

Jim Lytthans
Anaheim, CA

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