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Re: Long Eb/Bb

Author: Matt74
Date: 2021-04-04 21:32

The problem with the clarinet is, well it's a clarinet. You're absolutely right that the throat Bb is a problem, but that's really what makes it a clarinet. Moving the Bb key to double as a register key is what made the "chalumeau" a "clarinet", because by doing so it could play in the clarino range.

It's kind of like the bassoon. If you fixed all the problems with the bassoon by eliminating all the stuffy notes, you'd have something more like a saxophone - and who want's that? (Sorry Chris...)

As so astutely observed by Cole Porter, "You're the nose, on the Great Durante." Who wants Jimmy Durante with a nose job? It's the Top! https://youtu.be/i6oGytt0Hiw

Usually the Bb can be fixed satisfactorily by keeping the register tube clean and having adequate venting. The difference between the long and short notes is inherent of course, but don't forget the option of playing "C" with the trill keys.

- Matthew Simington

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