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Re: Clarinet in C

Author: Wayne Thompson
Date: 2006-01-11 15:18

I got an Amati C last year. I take it to choir; since when I sing I'm not good at reading (and I'm the choir director [Why? That's another story.], I use it to demo the parts. I took it to the Strawberry Festival last fall and was able to sit in traditional music jams and play some. The C has made easier these unconventional opportunities for me.

But best of all, last night at our town orchestra rehearsal we read the Cosi fan Tutte Overture. I played it as written, on the C. I doupt that anyone noticed, but I enjoyed it.

As L. Omar Henderson notes, I don't have a concept of what it should sound like. It does have a different voice. I enjoy listening to it and developing my own concept of it's sound. If I had a teacher who played a C, if I could listen to recordings with clearly identified C parts, if I could go to concerts regularly where I knew a C was being played, then I would hear and develop a C concept to aim for. But it's fun to just play and see what comes out. And I like the sound I get. It is not a Bb or A!

Wayne Thompson

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