Ask a clarinet geek.

[Rev. Rye]

Can you play?

Not yet, alas. I've done a bit of Mozart but not that concerto.

So, did you do the Quintet or some of the orchestral works as part of an orchestra?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdnqCgCApt4

Have you ever considered tuning to 432 Hz? I ask because I, as a guitarist, have tried it and have found I preferred it that way. I know a lot of the arguments many of the 432 freaks use (that it was the universal standard before Goebbels decided to use it to fuck with peoples' heads) are bollocks, but it sounds good to me, and that's what matters. And, apparently, an slightly larger clarinet barrel can help with that.

Do you think Bach's music could potentially transfer well to the Clarinet (not the keyboard works, of course, maybe replacing one of the more arcane oboe parts with a clarinet, e.g. turning Ich Habe Genug into a clarinet quintet with singer)?

Do you ever work in a smaller popular idiom, something like Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five or the Benny Goodman Small Groups, or, perhaps a little more rock-like? It's not very common, but I think it could work with some pieces, like in this version of "Comfortably Numb."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yaRz01mACk


And one more question, you ever tried this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMb9r0Kq8Ec