Klarinet Archive - Posting 000603.txt from 1995/06

From: "M. Zaiem Beg" <zbeg@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: Looking for a C Clarinet
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 15:59:51 -0400

On Mon, 26 Jun 1995, (Don Gross) wrote:

> If you've ever (1) transposed bass clarinet in A, bass clef to Bb treble
> clef; (2) sight-read the Schubert Octet at a chamber music workshop and
> turned the page to find Clarinet in C; (3) not been able to rub your stomach
> and pat your head at the same time; and (4) believe that if the composer
> wrote for C clarinet, the music was meant to be played on a C clarinet, then
> maybe you can help me.
>
> I'm looking for a good C clarinet. I've heard from various folks in So.
> California that the best "deal" is the Noblet C Clarinet. At least that what
> Bob Gilbert thinks and I understand that many of the pros and doublers play
> them.
>
> If you have a line on any good C clarinet, please let me know ASAP. Because
> I'm primarily a bass clarinet (including contra) player, I have a Selmer
> (Paris) Eb soprano clarinet I might be interested in selling.
>
> Thanks again for your help.
>
Hmmmm.....BTW, folks, I'm new to this list, I'm only a 3 year
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet player going into my senior year in high school. I
also have been playing Tenor sax for one year.
Anyhow, what I do when I have to play the Bassoon part (bass
clef) which is of course in C, I just pretend that I am playing the
saxophone in the lower register (for the most part) for the lower
register, and the upper register I take the note, pretend I'm playing it
without the reg. key, and then an octave higher. Example:

O <-----bassoon note b nat.
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That would be a g in the treble clef, but if you keep the same fingering
and just keep your finger off the register, it becomes a c, one ledger
line below the staff. Then take that C, and make it an octave higher,
which is the exact same pitch as the b nat. on the bassoon.
Of course, you have to adjust the key signature accordingly, so the b
nat. becomes a c sharp, not a c.
That's how _I_ do it. :)

-M. Zaiem Beg
zbeg@-----.org