February 16th, 2013, 19:30
ive got a friend old clarinet player from loukas ,tripoleos beore 1957 ,everybody would use (DO) clarina, do to the fact that the sound would carry farther , amplification in tripolis and in the villages was unheard of ,once the amplifiers and mikes came they discovered the b flat , now the (LA) clarinet is also popular , if you pay close attention to the old recordings he can hear the male singers straining to get there voice to the upper octaves (a lot of songs were done in the scale of re or do) . fast forward to now the singers are singing from la .and sol