And yet we're supposedly champing at the bit to play basset horn? (Which is just an alto clarinet in F with an extended range).
BTW, every major orchestra has an Eb/assistant principal position. Haven't seen too many alto clarinet openings lately... ;) Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation -----Original Message----- From: Tim Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:53 PM To: Ronald M. Krentzman Cc: finale list Subject: Re: [Finale] Doubling for Pops Orchestra Wind Players Yeah, that too! And then there is the fraction of a percent who enjoy the Eb alto...:-) On 6/12/03 1:30 PM, "Ronald M. Krentzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please don't generalize. Some of us prefer Eb to Bass! > > Ronald M. Krentzman > R&M Music Preparation > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Tim Thompson > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:28 PM > To: finale list > Subject: Re: [Finale] Doubling for Pops Orchestra Wind Players > > And I don't know about bassoonists, but I would guess that 80% to 90% of > clarinetists relish the occasional opportunity to play a juicy bass part. I > bet that if you do one contra, one bass, and one Bb, then the Bb player will > be at least a little envious of the others. Clarinetists generally love the > low register, and secretly wish they could play lower. I've even seen them > jump at the opportunity to play bassett horns for Mozart orchestrations (and > that's no picnic)! > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
