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 Re: Teaching clarinet methods - suzuki?
Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date:   2016-03-22 03:19

ChrisP wrote:

>> I reckon the bell can be done away with entirely and the lower joint shortened sufficiently to give the low G as its lowest note if they're not going to use any upper register notes. And this will make the instrument much lighter in weight for young players to get started on. >>

You can't get rid of the bell without compromising the sound of the whole instrument.

Surely, no musical student with any idea of the clarinet's contribution to the musical world would be prepared to renounce the 'upper register notes'. (Of course they're lucky in that regard: Spotify compares very favourably with the very few LPs and 78s that I had available.)

I do think the weight issue is overemphasised. I used to play the clarinet resting on a stool when I was 9 years old, and there are other solutions using neck straps, etc. (And, though small, I quickly learned to cope anyway.)

Tony
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