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Re: What does assistant clarinet mean? (Orchestra)

Author: kdk
Date: 2025-07-17 06:11

donald wrote:

> Karl, with brass instruments you have to remember that their
> actual lips are physically doing the job of the reed- vibrating
> to make the sound.

Absolutely. But the only brass player who gets an assistant in the Phila Orch or any orchestra I play in is the French Horn principal. I get that hornists play higher in the partial series than other standard brass, and maybe that explains the need. I really don't know - I don't play horn.

Karl

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