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Re: Difference, playing wise, between A and Bb clarinets?

Author: John25
Date: 2006-01-22 10:42

Larryb's answer hits all the right "notes". You need to become used to the larger spread. I had a friend who always practised on the A clarinet, because adjusting to the smaller spread of the Bb was easier than going the other way. Also, modern music is becoming so complex that transposing at sight it is nearly impossible. I have another friend in an opera orchestra in the Czech Rebublic who for years played everything on the Bb. He has now had to get an A.

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