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Re: Alto Clarinet

Author: Ebclarinet1
Date: 2007-08-31 12:35

A good mouthpiece definitely helps those very notes. My favorite right now is a Hite mouthpiece and those are very reasonable in price. It produces a really pretty sound on both the LeBlanc basset horn and the alto. That fitted with a Van Doren Optimum mouthpiece really improved my sound on both.

And no the alto clarinet is not a bass clarinet but is actually almost as nimble as a Bb, which the bass is surely NOT. For me it has more the feel of the Bb, but just deeper. My horns don't seem especially out of tune either, although I do use alternate fingerings for a few notes in the altissimo range.

Good luck!

Eefer guy

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