Author: fskelley
Date: 2014-11-21 01:47
I could imagine a piece which had climactic sustained notes which would either be throat Bbs or clarion long pipe Bs, depending which horn you played it on. (And I'm not going to think hard enough to tell you which would be which.)
And I don't care how well you play, or what mechanisms your horns have, or what your name is, those 2 notes will not sound the same*. And depending on the mood of the piece, one or the other might be preferred.
The composer should know good notes from not so good and write the melody lines accordingly, so you should end up with a piece that sounds better on A, or better on Bb. Even if only marginally so. And not necessarily the easier horn to play it on.
*If any of you disagree with this, please post audio samples of your throat Bb from the one horn and clarion B from the other, recorded back to back in the same setting, perhaps a range of dynamics with an sfz- and challenge us to tell you which is which. I bet it's easy.
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
Post Edited (2014-11-21 02:09)
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