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Re: Peter and the Wolf

Author: Terry Stibal
Date: 2004-06-10 00:07

The one time that I "had" to play this, it was from an arrangement that had the part in BOTH A and Bb. While I had a A horn, I opted to play it on the Bb (full Boehm with the obligatory Eb key for the low note) as it was one less horn to haul to the concert.

When I do it for school groups as part of an overall instrument demo, I play it on the A...tradition and all...

And, the Eb key on bass clarinets has been placed there for the same reason. There have been many (well, some) bass clarinet parts in A written over the years, but few (and for many years, no) A bass clarinets built to play them. All of the old Bb "Albert" basses that I have used over the years were sans low Eb key...all being horns built back in the day when there were still A horns made.

Don't think that I'd want to hear is played on bass though...in whatever pitch.

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