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Re: bass clartinet reed choices

Author: Ebclarinet1
Date: 2007-06-09 14:06

Susan,thanks for the comments on the Rigotti's. I was fuming over Eb reeds for this last concert and settled on a Rigotti too. The Gonzalez reeds were better at home on a warmed up instrument but the Rigotti semed to be better in waming back up after a long (1h) break and come in on a pp attack in the high C#. Have not tried any Rigotti on the bass so thanks for the suggestion.

Have any of you tried the Studio Plus reeds on bass? I thought they were good on Eb and Bb but hven't tried those on bass either.

Thanks for the comments on the Legere reeds. Maybe as a doubler these should at least be in my case. Howevere in this upcoming concert I have a number of solo licks and really want the horn to sound at its best.

Actually probably worthy of another thread, but I had always used the alternate (trill) side key fingerings on my Selmer bass when I need to play a B or C above the break but when the rest of the phrase was below the break. There's a good example in Mahler 1 where if the B or C is fingered normally, it sounds out of whack timbre wise (stuffier) with the other notes. This is especiallyobvious as the note is gthe high point of a progression. On the Buffet these notes seem especially NOT in tune (by a good bit). Have any of you come up with suggestions for the most in tune fingerings of these alternate notes???

This has been a most interesting series of posts!

Eefer guy

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