Klarinet Archive - Posting 000107.txt from 1997/09

From: elspeth4@-----. Grant)
Subj: Re: Transpositions
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 01:11:13 -0400

If you're going to play a Bb clarinet part on an A clarinet, don't you
need to write the part a half-step higher??

On Tue, 02 Sep 1997 21:41:57 -0700 pharmacy <pharmacy@-----.com>
writes:
>Deborah,
>To transpose Bb to A, play the part a half-step lower. You'd add flats
>to all notes except sharps, which become naturals. C becomes B
>natural, F becomes E natural.
>
>Bb to A on the piano is down a half-step; this may help you remember.
>Carol