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From: CoolStu67@aol.com
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:28:32 EST
Subject: Contrabass agility
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comI know it's been a few weeks since y'all last touched on this, but I just
noticed something. On Grant's orchestration guide, he himself noted the contra
was less agile than it's higher counterparts. What's your [Grant] take on
other people stating that is untrue?Stuart
-Sax (Soprano/Alto)
-Clarinet (Eb/Bb/Bass/Contralto [soon to be Bb contra!])
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 10:34:29 -0800
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: Re: Contrabass agility
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com>I know it's been a few weeks since y'all last touched on this, but I just
>noticed something. On Grant's orchestration guide, he himself noted the contra
>was less agile than it's higher counterparts. What's your [Grant] take on
>other people stating that is untrue?Whether this is true of *everyone* or not, I still think it is sound
advice. If you are writing/arranging for an ensemble "in the abstract"
(i.e., not for a specific group with which you're familiar), I think its a
reasonably safe (and useful) generalization to say that the contra is not
as agile as the higher horns. Certainly, at least I can play things on
soprano that I can't quite manage on contra, and I play contra far more
often than soprano. For physical reasons, the contra speaks a little
slower, and has more inertia, than a soprano instrument.Grant
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