At 6/7/2007 04:04 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>Yeah, yeah, and the English horn isn't really English, and, for that
>matter, the bass clarinet is really a tenor instrument. But we go to
>war with the instrument names that we have. Gunther was right to
>insist on "contra-alto" for the Eb instrument and "contrabass" for
>the Bb instrument, because too many people already refer to the Eb
>instrument as a "contrabass clarinet," which causes no end of
>confusion. (For instance, Full GPO has a contra-alto clarinet sample
>and no contrabass clarinet sample, but they mistakenly refer to the
>instrument as a contrabass clarinet.)
>
>The two sub-bass clarinets in Eb and Bb are two very different
>instruments and they need different names to distinguish them. The
>most widely-used names for them are "contra-alto clarinet" and
>"contrabass clarinet," so if you want to be understood, those are the
>terms you have to use.
I absolutely agree.
I have played both those instruments and the worst thing about contra-alto
is when some part has a low note not available on that instrument.
One would think that arrangers would know what the instruments range is. i
guess not.
Phil Daley < AutoDesk >
http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley
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