Author: Hugues Fardao
Date: 2020-12-03 22:41
It was in a shop, I live in Caen (Normandy) where we have several music shops and repairmen for all kind of instruments.
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The fact is that Altos are not so known, a chance for me because I waited months before I could buy this horn... but nobody seems to play Alto clarinet where I live. A chance for me.
But : there are basset horn players, we have a great Classical Music Conservatory, and one of the clarinet teacher (and first solo clarinet player in the Conservatory of Caen orchestra) used to play a Leblanc basset horn, in a band called "Les flamants noirs" with two other basset horn players.
So, in Caen and around Caen, Bb clarinet (for classical and jazz), bass clarinet, and even basset horn are actualy played, but I didn't see Alto clarinet here until I played my Free Jazz solo concerts on Alto myself.
I sometimes play on streets, some people say they guess it's a clarinet and ask for details, I explain Adolphe Sax story about the Bass clarinet improvement and why I have this bell on my clarinet.
Alto is way cool : not as heavy and bulky as the bass, lower notes than the Bb soprano, no thumb keys to learn how to play like a basset horn...
Post Edited (2020-12-03 23:18)
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