Eb Clarinet Facts
Katherine Kohler said if you have a choice between a flat Eb clarinet and a sharp Eb clarinet you should choose this instrument tendency...
What is a sharp Eb clarinet?
The correct length for a performance resume
What is 1-2 pages?
This famous composer wrote his only clarinet concerto during the last year of his life, in 1791
Who is Mozart?
This composer wrote a concertino and two concertos for the clarinetist Heinrich Baermann
Who is Carl Maria von Weber?
The number one and easiest way to encourage a parasympathetic response in the body
What is a deep (or cleansing) breath?
According to Katherine Kohler, this tool is used to cut a Bb reed down to size to play on Eb
What is a wire cutter?
This type of recital involves groups of musicians and no solo playing
What is a chamber recital?
Johann Denner added a register key to this primitive predecessor of the clarinet
What is the chalumeau?
Sabine Meyer plays this type of clarinet
What is a Wurlitzer (or reform Boehm) clarinet?
This part of our nervous system is responsible for the "fight or flight" feeling
What is the Sympathetic Nervous system?
According to Katherine Kohler, this type of reed used on Eb clarinet gives a warmer sound and better pitch for high notes
This themed performance type is where the performer both talks and plays equally
What is a lecture recital
In the early development of the clarinet, instrument makers would bury the wood in this substance in order to "cure" it
What is manure?
He came out of retirement and wrote two beautiful clarinet sonatas, op 120 for the clarinetist Richard Muhlfeld upon hearing Muhlfeld play.
This part of our nervous system is responsible for calming us down, lowering the heart rate, etc.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
This tool is essential when getting to know your Eb clarinet and pitch tendencies
What is a tuner?
This key element is what makes a recital interesting
(what is different genres, etc?)
This composer taught at the Pieta, an orphanage for girls, and composed some of the first chamber music for clarinet
Who is Vivaldi?
In the 1820's this man increased the keys on the clarinet from 5-13, added rings and invented key pads
Who is Iwan Muller?
This nerve is the longest nerve in the body and is responsible for 80% of parasympathetic output
What is the vagus nerve?
Because pitch is so important on Eb, this can help you with higher and more difficult notes
What is alternate altissimo fingerings?
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What is an altissimo fingering chart?
This type of device should be used during Minnesota winters to keep a wooden clarinet happy and avoid cracking
What is a humidipac (or humidifier)?
This father-son team, part of the Mannheim school, are partially responsible for the clarinet having a position in the orchestra
Who are Johann and Karl Stamitz?
Between 1839-1844 this famous duo developed the Boehm clarinet
Who are Buffet and Klose?
What is the right brain or right hemisphere?