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Re: Old Band Books Question

Author: ThatPerfectReed
Date: 2014-04-15 18:46

While a somewhat loose analogy might be that the violin's parts are to the Orchestra's carrying of the melody as the clarinet's are to the Band, often, much of the tune is covered by the Trumpet/Cornet as well.

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I must warn you though, just yesterday in the ER, two patients presented, both with serious injuries, but one more than the other.

The first attempted to play the cornet part on clarinet while the rest of the band played their parts. The second, far more seriously injured attempted to do this alone. [wink]

Joking aside, I am still friendly with teachers that went to High School with Stanley Drucker, the legendary principal Clarinetist of the NY Philharmonic, at the LaGuardia school of the arts in New York City. I recall one telling me that Mr. Drucker would play anything he could get his hands on to improve his play. The clarinet's range is so vast, this is often doable whereas the converse is not.

Good luck.

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