The Ethnic Clarinet

RE: G (alto) clarinet

Author: Kat  Date:   2002-07-11 03:10 Seamus, there actually isn't that much G clarinet stuff used in the Balkans. It's pretty much only in Greece and Turkey. In Bulgaria and Macedonia, it's strictly Boehm system stuff, and Full-Boehm in particular in Bulgaria. As far as Albania, it depends on what kind of player you're talking about...village guys play Albert (Bb or C) and state-trained guys play Boehm. I know one Albanian guy who built his own metal C Boehm! In Romania, I've not noticed much for actual clarinet stuff. There they use a lot of tarogot, which is kind of like a wooden soprano sax and sounds like a clarinet plus an oboe plus a soprano sax. Serbians play clarinet, but I haven't really gone into Serbian music the way I have into Bulgarian... The Roma (gypsies) use Boehm (or Full-Boehm) as far as I've seen, but if anyone has any other experience there...speak up! Learning to play the G is a pain in the BUTT. I have long fingers...and it can hurt stretching far enough to get the holes covered. It helps when you play with other people...you can have a little bit of anonymity and cover-up space! Christoffer, there is quite a bit of G clarinet in Greek music...despite the usual animosity between the two governments, they share a rather lot of musical stuff... For Klezmer, the Albert (IMHO) is the best...I don't really play Klezmer, but there's just something about the hejaz mode (phrygish to you klez-folk I think...) on an Albert horn that really sounds GREAT!!! Katrina

Topics	Author	Date
G (alto) clarinet  new	Steve Epstein	2002-07-03 04:03
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	Christoffer	2002-07-04 20:29
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	Seamus Kirkpatrick	2002-07-04 23:27
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	Bob Arney	2002-07-05 17:30
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	Kat	2002-07-11 03:10
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	Seamus Kirkpatrick	2002-07-12 03:47
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	Ralph Katz	2003-06-18 11:29
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	Steve Epstein	2002-07-12 18:01
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	Kat	2002-07-15 16:29
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	Kat	2002-07-29 00:56
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	Steve Epstein	2002-07-29 04:54
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	Kat	2002-07-30 22:02
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	Christoffer	2002-07-31 12:28
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	buedsma	2003-06-18 08:26
RE: G (alto) clarinet  new	Kat	2002-07-31 19:40
Re: G (alto) metal clarinet and reeds  new	buedsma	2003-07-08 12:45
Re: G (alto) metal clarinet and reeds  new	buedsma	2003-07-09 18:13
Re: G (alto) clarinet  new	Katrina	2003-07-08 20:33
Re: G (alto) clarinet  new	Katrina	2003-07-10 16:27
Re: G (alto) clarinet - eb forked  new	buedsma	2003-07-25 09:09
Re: G (alto) clarinet  new	buedsma	2003-07-25 14:23
Re: G (alto) clarinet - another type available  new	buedsma	2003-07-27 10:06

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