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Re: Eb clarinet altissmo

Author: Bob Barnhart ★2017
Date: 2011-04-09 17:49

Ken

Point taken. I was thinking mostly of orchestral situations and I've not played Eb in a concert/symphonic band per se.

I have played Eb in the San Diego Clarinet Choir and as you say you need to blend with the section. Many of our arrangements are written by Charlie MacLeod (former principal clarinet of the San Diego Symphony) and he writes some of the most difficult Eb parts I've ever played. He often has the Eb play [along with] the solo line, typically in the altissimo and usually p-mp. It's really challenging to play in tune with a lyric sound/style is these situations. Perhaps this is more like the situation in concert/symphonic band.

Bob Barnhart

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