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Re: Buffet Prestige alto

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2008-08-15 09:06

>> Nitai, I get from your posting that you were
>> inferring some sarcasm in my question

Not at all. I thought your question was serious and my answer was serious too. I just gave a possibility where a player can use alto (or any) clarinet a lot. Of course there aren't as many players in the situation I described as in orchestras, concert bands, etc. but there are more than a few and I thought it was worth mentioning.

>> I gather that the majority of your own playing is solo work in which
>> case you can play the didgeridoo, or contrabassoon, or whatever

I'm not sure what you mean by "solo work". If you mean (modern?) clarinet solo pieces, then actually no, I play very little music like that. I play music where the instrument is decided in advance too, but some of what I play could be, for example, a jazz or improvisation group where I can choose the instrument, or a someone (me or someone else) will compose the music based on the instruments I play, etc. This again just gives example of where someone could play alto clarinet.

>> but those of us

I assumed you meant to ask about all possibilties.

Best wishes David!

Nitai

P.S. I actually play didgeridoo but so far I've only ever used it in one piece