Author: concertmaster3
Date: 2018-12-03 08:29
In my opinion, as an orchestrator, I think that Ravel placed the part on bass on purpose. He could have easily placed it on Clarinet 2, and done the dove-tailing as he had previously done in the part. But instead, he chose to have it played on bass.
I can't tell you what his reasoning was without a ouija board, but I doubt that this was a mistake or an oversight.
In addition, there are some wickedly hard passages in this piece for all of the instruments, but I don't consider this run to be one of them. Hard? Yes, impossible? No. Just take some time to practice it on your instrument. I think a lot of the difficulty for me when I was learning it was adjusting to where my fingers sat on bass, rather than on soprano.
Ron Ford
Woodwind Specialist
Performer/Teacher/Arranger
http://www.RonFordMusic.com
Post Edited (2018-12-03 08:30)
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