Klarinet Archive - Posting 000181.txt from 1997/09

From: "Jeroen T. Salm" <jtsalm@-----.nl>
Subj: Re: Thanks
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:47:01 -0400

Hi,

We always tranposed C-parts by sight on a Bb clarinet. Something I do since
I was 16 years old (parts you played, made by "composers" who didn't know
anything about clarinet-transpositions...). Since a few years, we (the
orchestra) have C-clarinets (Buffet Prestige), so now we play very easily
the c-parts on a clarinet wich has a slightly different sound than the Bb
or A-clarinet. (But: Mozartiana, by Tchaikowski is still difficult...).

Jeroen T. Salm
The Netherlands
jtsalm@-----.nl

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| Van: Robert and Deborah Shaw <theshaws@-----.net>
| Aan: Klarinet <klarinet@-----.us>
| Onderwerp: Thanks
| Datum: donderdag 4 september 1997 0:59
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| thanks to everyone who gave me info on transposing from a Bb part for A
| clarinet. I was able to do it correctly and turned a difficult part into
| a simple one.
| I am still working on my transposition skills on C clarinet parts
| by sight. Do most of you write out the parts when you have a C clarinet
| part, or read it by sight?
| Once again, Thanks
| Deborah