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 Physically hardest piece you've played?
Author: clarnibass 
Date:   2006-09-29 16:07

I mean stamina. Not technically hardest like fast tonguing, high notes, etc. I mean the piece (or part of a piece) that was the most difficult or even painful to your lips, fingers, etc. More than the piece name, I'm interested to know what in it was so hard and maybe explain why.

I'm asking, because for me it is definitely a piece I'm playing right now. The part that is very hard and even painful is over 4 minutes of holding a low E on bass clarinet, and it comes right at the very end of an hour long piece which is overall very demanding. The more the note continues the pain just gets worse and worse. Also, the fingers start to 'lock' and not feel very comfortable, though I personally don't have the best fingers shape when playing clarinet in general.

The clarinet player from the original recording of this piece, who is a known international and very successful soloist, was a bit angry at the composer for making him play that, and actually bleed a few times from his lip.
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