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Author: Bob Arney
Date: 2002-09-04 18:37
Currently on e-bay a seller of an Alto Clarinet made this remark:
"It plays to low E which I consider a real plus because it makes the instrument lighter than an alto that plays to low Eb. Besides in over fifty years of playing I have never encountered a low Eb in band or chamber music for alto clarinet"
Do Y'all share these opinions?
Bob A
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2002-09-04 18:47
Funny, that's been my experience, too. But maybe that's because I never played Alto Clarinet.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2002-09-04 18:49
I've never seen any Ebs, but having the note means you get a decent E/B, instead of a fonky bell tone. Desparate spin from the eBay seller, I'd say.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2002-09-04 20:25
Do Y'all share these opinions?
No.
As Ken points out, mainstream makers put the Eb key on there for a reason.
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Author: Gary Van Cott
Date: 2002-09-04 22:45
I have seen low Eb for alto clarinet in clarinet quartet music and also clarinet choir music. I haven't played it much in band, but I think there may have been one in the music for a summer band I played in during June.
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-09-05 00:52
I've marched with a bass clarinet - that was heavy! Alto would seem easy, in comparison.
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Author: Terry Horlick
Date: 2002-09-05 01:36
When you play a Bari sax which only goes to Bb and you need an A you can stuff your knee into the bell and get the A. I guess you should buy that alto clarinet and whenever you need an Eb just stuff your foot up there into the bell, should work fine and save you some money. I suggest wearing lime green sox for their effect on stage... goes well with my Tux! If you are playing while standing it gives the effect of a Flamingo taking a nap.
Man, I think I will bid on it!
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Author: Bob Arney
Date: 2002-09-05 03:19
L.O.L. Terry, but if you'r 6foot two and standing, I have visions of playing "DEAD BUG" while flopping around on my back!
Bob A
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-09-05 14:35
Both my Selmer alto [only play it infrequently] and bass have the low Eb's and I make sure they are playable. The only written low Eb I now have is in the C. Dragon arr't of "Am. the Beautiful" [bass], but I do "drop the octave" to assist the bassoon at times. Don
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Author: jim lande
Date: 2002-09-06 01:36
My EEb (contra) alto does not have the low Eb, and I miss it all the time. My bundy has the low Eb, but the note is not as good.
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Author: Michael Kincaid
Date: 2002-09-06 14:42
At the 2000 Clarinetfest in Norman, Oklahoma, Joseph Messenger
directed the clarinet choir; he picked out a piece called
Dances Of Atlantis where the alto has a 5 measure solo that
ends on the low Eb. I'm glad my alto plays down to that note.
Michael
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