Klarinet Archive - Posting 000211.txt from 1997/09

From: j&k Morgan <morgan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Thanks
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 10:28:27 -0400

Dr. Ronald P. Monsen wrote:
>
> Ifmemory serves me right Robert Stark composed a series of tutors which
> gave many etudes to study various clarinet transpositions--someone out
> there remember? I do know that certain C parts will work very well on
> the A clarinet--you read the c part as if it was bass cleff--not the
> octave but the note names--for instance a C clarinet part in C--is
> read on the A clarinet as if it was written in Eb--this takes some
> getting used to--but it works and some parts go down better this way.
> I have a very fine C--but when playing second for many seasons in the
> orchestra I did not use it if both parts were for C--the tone quality
> was not a good match. Ron Monsen

I just bought a study by Robert Stark OP 29 to go from A to Bb.
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