Klarinet Archive - Posting 000359.txt from 1995/05

From: "Susan E. Pontow" <FBVB@-----.BITNET>
Subj: bass clef
Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 06:38:34 -0400

>HELP! Our orchestra is doing Stravinsky's Rite of Spring next March, and

On May 9, 1995 David Channing wrote:

>March is ten months away. That should be plenty of time to learn to read
>bass clef (or even to learn the whole piece from memory!). Reading bass clef
>is something that nearly every bass clarinet player is going to have to face
>sooner or later.

I agree. I myself discovered this fact when our orchestra and chorus performed
the Poulenc "Gloria" this past April, much to my dismay. I can read bass clef,
having played piano since I was 5, but it was confusing sometimes.

Susan Pontow
senior
Mathematics Education, Music Performance (clarinet, sax), Music Education

   
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