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 Re: Why do band directors put their bad clarinetists on bass clarinet?
Author: ohsuzan 
Date:   2012-02-15 16:06

Oh, Hank! I still carry around a mental image of the little girl bass clarinetist MARCHING with said instrument in the Anthony Wayne H.S. band (of my vintage -- before your friend took it over and took it to the top).

I have no idea why they put her on bass clarinet in the first place, as she was abnormally small for a young woman to start with. But then, to expect her to carry it on the march -- well, like I said, it created a permanent mental image. The instrument was taller than she was, and she struggled mightily with it.

The experience led me to under-appreciate the bass clarinet as a serious instrument until more recently. But curiously enough, in the auditioned ensemble with which I am now playing, the bass clarinetist -- although a top-drawer player -- is this little gnome of a fellow who has to pile up two or three chairs plus a pillow on the seat to allow him to reach the keys on his bass. His feet barely touch the floor, except in tiptoe position. It always looks like he has climbed up the durned thing, wrapped himself around it, and is holding on for dear life. He's a killer player, but I don't see how he does it.

Susan
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