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Author: Ebclarinet1
Date: 2008-09-22 11:21
As I was playing Darkwood (alto) and Deepwood (bass) by Bennett yesterday I was wondering if either had been recorded to a CD. They are quite pretty pieces and both are good pieces to show off the qualities of each instrument.
Interestingly the alto part in Darkwood makes a notation of using a different note for those not having an automatic octave key. Was this old system like it is on the oboe where you do a switchover at the first A above the staff? I'm old but I've never seen an alto or bass configured that way.
Eefer guy
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Author: redwine
Date: 2008-09-22 13:00
Hello,
I have an old (1920s, I think) alto clarinet with double register keys. For notes above a (just above the staff), one register plays better in tune than the other one, which plays better in tune for notes below that a.
Ben Redwine, DMA
owner, RJ Music Group
Assistant Professor, The Catholic University of America
Selmer Paris artist
www.rjmusicgroup.com
www.redwinejazz.com
www.reedwizard.com
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Author: Lynn
Date: 2008-09-22 13:30
Eeefer,
Walter Grabner has a nice rendition of "Deepwood" playing as background audio on his website at
http://www.clarinetxpress.com/bassadvice.html
The recording is by Walter when he played at the Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium a year or so ago.
Lynn
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Author: Ebclarinet1
Date: 2008-09-22 15:46
That's interesting about the double octave key. Will have to get Walter to send me the Deepwood as a CD or as a file so I can download it. It is a cool piece.
When you play Darkwood and Deepwood you notice how he borrowed musical ideas from one to the other. The forms of the piece are very similar and the fast staccato passages and low legato passages as interludes also very similar. Anyway nice that Bennett did these pieces for the low clarinets!
Eefer guy
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2008-09-22 16:03
Nearly all French/American oboes have a semi-automatic octave key mechanism. You can keep your left thumb on its key when you press the upper key with the side of your left index finger, and the thumb key hole automatically closes. (Many German oboes have a fully automatic mechanism.)
I've never seen a semi-automatic mechanism on a low clarinet. The old ones have two entirely separate register keys, both operated by the left thumb, and the newer ones have a fully automatic mechanism with a single register key.
Ken Shaw
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