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Re: Unusual Session Instruments.

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:24 am
by colomon
plunk111 wrote:I've seen a clarinet... Not a bad sound but a bit tough on the clarinettist as you have to add 2 sharps to everything (and most of our stuff is already in a sharp key).
I'd think an A clarinet (common in orchestral music) would be the thing to use with ITM. (Well, the G mentioned above would be even better, I suppose, but as far as I know those are far less common.)

The guys keep on encouraging me to bring my bassoon to the session...

Re: Unusual Session Instruments.

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:48 pm
by Nanohedron
colomon wrote:The guys keep on encouraging me to bring my bassoon to the session...
I think you should do it. Just the once, of course. They'll talk about it for years. :thumbsup:

Re: Unusual Session Instruments.

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:16 am
by Elle
At the Cobblestone in August.

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Re: Unusual Session Instruments.

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:34 pm
by walrii
I played whistles for a while with a bluegrass circle. Same format as a session and a few of the same tunes. I was the only non-string instrument in the circle, so I was the "unusual instrument."

Re: Unusual Session Instruments.

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:40 pm
by hans
colomon wrote:
plunk111 wrote:I've seen a clarinet... Not a bad sound but a bit tough on the clarinettist as you have to add 2 sharps to everything (and most of our stuff is already in a sharp key).
I'd think an A clarinet (common in orchestral music) would be the thing to use with ITM. (Well, the G mentioned above would be even better, I suppose, but as far as I know those are far less common.)
G clarinets with Albert System keywork are commonly used in Turkish music, they are also known as Turkish clarinets. The fingering on the bottom octave is very similar to a keyed D flute (including foot with extra notes for C#, C and B). Six fingers down plays a D, and the scale going up lifting one finger after another is the D scale with F# and C#. F nat is played forked, C nat as well, or with a C nat key. So it is easy to migrate from flute or whistle fingering to G Albert system clarinet. - But because it is not Boehm system, it is not regarded a "proper" clarinet fit for classical music. It has less keys and therefore less scale possibilities than a Boehm system clarinet. But just listen to Turkish clarinet players to hear how expressively such clarinets can be played!

Re: Unusual Session Instruments.

Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 2:09 am
by stiofan
just ran across a similar discussion on The Session:

https://thesession.org/discussions/34861