Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: >Here are the spoken names for the Eb/Bb clarinets as I learned them in the US: > >Eb >Bb >Eb alto >Bb bass >Eb bass >Bb contrabass >Eb contrabass
Whoa!! The lowest clarinet I'm aware of is (to borrow tuba and organ terminology) the BBb contrabass, usually metal and folded up like a very large paper clip. Are you saying there's an EEb contrabass even lower? Are you sure? And whomever said that the best players don't get assigned to the medium and low clarinets has it exactly right. I doubt that there is anything intrinsic to either the high Eb clarinet or the Eb alto clarinet that makes them "worse" than the other sizes, if they're played by a skilled player who has played them enough to know exactly how to get the best out of them. John John & Susie Howell Virginia Tech Department of Music Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
