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Arrangement: Clarinet Quartet (4CLT)
Edition Type: Set of Parts
Publisher: Warwick Music
Catalogue Number: WD206

Advanced. This starts as a conventional rock rhythm with a musical hook at bars 4, 12, 16 and 20. There is then a transition to bop style, what I refer to as a bop quaver with accents and inflections. The rhythmic hook also appears sporadically in the reprise of rock style — with a penultimate bop flurry at bar 72, and the last word on the subject occurring in bars 75/76. When transposed, as this is, the score puts clarinets into the friendly key of C major with carefully judged dynamics to ensure a good balance — e.g. if you cannot hear the soloist you must be too loud! Also, in this style of playing it is important to observe the dots and dashes if a convincing interpretation is to be achieved. Most of my compositions have an element of improvisation — but there is always a written solo to perform in a jazz style and, perhaps, to embellish later on when the piece is better understood. Don Bateman

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