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Re: Dwindling Number of Clarinetists?

Author: SolidRockMan
Date: 2008-08-12 13:16

GBK said:-

"Perhaps we finally have to admit that the clarinet is just not as versatile or adaptable to today's music scene as other instruments"

This is a fundamental point. It's just a simple fact that the clarinet can't compare to the likes of guitar or keyboard for versatility, accessability and instant (almost) gratification.
This leads to another other key point (as Allen Cole mentions in his excellent post). In the big band era the clarinet was playing the music popular with the average listener. Nowadays it isn't, classical and jazz are minority interests.

But judging by the reaction here to the likes of Acker Bilk, who has shifted truckloads of records over the years playing popular tunes on the clarinet, one has to wonder about the readiness of clarinettists themselves to try to popularise the instrument.

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