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Re: Tempest, ridenour, and kessler bass clarinet

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2015-11-25 10:05

>> and really can't imagine I'll use the basset notes... Maybe I'm just lacking in imagination... <<

>> there's something cool about hitting a low C FFFFF and sitting on it so it rattles the windows <<

>> After the low C FFFFFF euphoria and swoon has passed <<

It all depends on what you want to do. I play mostly improvised music, new composed music and jazz, and I almost always use the low notes. Probably more often at pp and any other dynamic other than ff... only occasionally at ff.

It's not something that anyone can generalize. The low C and other notes are not just "FFFFF euphoria" or "cool". Many use them just like they use any note... or anything in their "toolbox"... to be able to make the music they want to make.

It's possible that some use the low notes in that way, but you can hear terrible music on a Bb clarinet in the most "normal" range too.

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