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From: Ranchu242@aol.com
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 18:59:24 EDT
Subject: (no subject)
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comHi, this is Roger. I wanted to know if a bass clarinet had the *really* high
notes past the altissimo G on the clarinet, up to C. If so, what are the
fingerings? I understand there are a few different ones. Thanks All!
---------------------------------------------------------From: NINEWINDS@aol.com
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:55:54 EDT
Subject: Re: (no subject)
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comBuffet has an excellent fingering chart for both Bass clarinets, ie; low and
eb. You can find all the fingerings you need there. If you need more there is
and excellent book, Bass Clarinet for the 21st Century, by the equally
excellent E Michael RichardsVinny
---------------------------------------------------------From: Fmmck@aol.com
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:14:40 EDT
Subject: Re: Comments on several posts
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comIn a message dated 4/12/99 4:26:58 PM, CoolStu67@aol.com writes:
<< Some composer might refrain from using oddities because they
know it would be difficult to actually have a group to play them. >>Stu-
True. There is another point that isn't addressed often. Sometimes a
composer produces a piano score, and someone else orchestrates it. When this
occurs, it would be pointless for the purist to argue that the composer meant
for a particular instrument to play a certain line, and it would be wrong to
have some different instrument play it.Fred McKenzie
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:26:18 -0500
From: arehow <arehow@vgernet.net>
Subject: Re: Odd double reeds
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comI have a tarogato for sale, actually two, but recall that they are
single, not double reeds.Robert Howe
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:42:46 -0500
From: arehow <arehow@vgernet.net>
Subject: Re: (no subject)
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comRanchu242@aol.com wrote:
> I wanted to know if a bass clarinet had the *really* high
> notes past the altissimo G on the clarinet, up to C. If so, what are the
> fingerings? I understand there are a few different ones. Thanks All!
> -On my 1994 Buffet Prestige: Very High G is 1, high G# 1 and the side Eb
and F# keys (low register designations), A is 23, Bb is 23C#, B is 1245,
C is 14, C# is 2345 (just like an octave lower!), D is 234C#, Eb is
23C#, an in tune E is absent, F is 123456C#Ab. These notes speak with
remarkable ease and are more tractable than on a soprano clarinet. I
have yet to find a reason to use them in public.I also have a 1924 Buffet and a couple of Albert system basses, these
will play similarly but the details of the fingerings differ.
Experiment, and always visualize & hear the sound before you blow.Robert Howe
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 11:17:56 -0400
From: William Welch <wwelch@mitre.org>
Subject: Re: [Contra digest]
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comRe Lelia Loban's message about pipe organs. Lelia, What is the ancient
Chinese curse?Bill
List Server wrote:
> My uncle used to practice at home on a piano, but he also taught me that an
> organist must keep up the skills by practicing on a real organ as often as
> possible -- and preferably on several different real organs. For one thing,
> the building is part of the instrument. It's the sound box. Anybody who
> forgets that is in major trouble. Some buildings have dry acoustics, with a
> hang time of less than a second. About two or three seconds is ideal. Other
> buildings are echo chambers, with a hang time of seven seconds or even worse.
> For another thing, organ builders are very creative people who come up with
> interesting names for their stops. (I mean "interesting" in the sense of the
> ancient Chinese curse.) You can't predict what the pipes will sound like
> based on what they're called. You have to experiment with them and you need
> an assistant who can wander around the hall while you play, to tell you (warn
> you!) how things sound in different places. Add architecture to nomenclature
> and a combination of stops that sounds gorgeous on one organ might sound like
***
> Lelia
> the double-chambered human blast-bag
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 11:06:31 -0700
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: Re: "Interesting Times"
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com>Re Lelia Loban's message about pipe organs. Lelia, What is the ancient
>Chinese curse?
>
>BillThe curse is "May you live in interesting times."
Grant
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---------------------------------------------------------Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:05:36 -0700
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: Marching Baritone FS...
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comAll kidding aside, I managed to end up with *two* marching baritones. I'm selling one at http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=90771396. Its a fun horn to play - it feels more like a bass flugelhorn to me.
Grant
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