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Thoughts on best clarinet XXXtet to play string quartet music

Author: ClaV  Date:   2015-02-26 19:58 I am just curious of everyone’s thoughts and experience on what would be the best clarinet ensemble to take on a mission of playing string quartet music and possibly bringing it to the level of making clarinets the instruments of choice in chamber music I am aware of the excellent efforts of the Clarinet Institute and the fact that a common practical clarinet ensemble is comprised of three Bb and one bass clarinet. Several points to contemplate upon: what about eefers, which have the range and, most important, agility more closely matching violins than Bb. What would be the best match for viola? Would A clarinet be practically useful for the versatility of the ensemble. Also would clarinet ensemble benefit from more players to compensate for the versatility of string instruments capable, for instance, of double stops. What about the following ensemble: 2Eb, 2Bb, A basset clarinet and bass clarinet?

Topics	Author	Date
Thoughts on best clarinet XXXtet to play string quartet music  new	ClaV	2015-02-26 19:58
Re: Thoughts on best clarinet XXXtet to play string quartet music  new	TomS	2015-02-26 22:15
Re: Thoughts on best clarinet XXXtet to play string quartet music  new	rmk54	2015-02-26 23:23
Re: Thoughts on best clarinet XXXtet to play string quartet music  new	maxopf	2015-02-26 23:43
Re: Thoughts on best clarinet XXXtet to play string quartet music  new	Paul Aviles	2015-02-27 02:29
Re: Thoughts on best clarinet XXXtet to play string quartet music  new	ClaV	2015-02-27 06:10

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