Klarinet Archive - Posting 000256.txt from 1997/09

From: bert.six@-----.edu
Subj: Re: treble clef
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 13:59:25 -0400

This thing is not about a better fit or not. I've done a little research,
and I found out that mainly people from Holland use the name soprano
clarinet. It is so logical, why don't you go with this. I've asked some
great clarinet players, some great musicians,... and I am going to double
check with my Music Theory teacher and Dr. Robert Spring.

Concerning the other instruments that use multiple clefs, the normal
clarinet actually is a soprano clarinet, so why would a soprano clarinet
use another clef than the soprano?

The reason why other clarinets (alto, A,...) are not in another clef is
probably because of the lazyness of clarinetists, as someone said before.

On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Mark Charette wrote:

> Are you sure, Bert? It seems to me that the alto clef would
> have been a better fit. The viola, an older instrument
> with similar range, uses an alto clef for written music. In fact,
> there are a good number of pieces where the composer has
> specied to use either a clarinet or viola for a part.
> Following your logic, why not the soprano clef instead of
> the treble clef (the soprano clef had the bottom line as
> middle C). We don't see the soprano clef often today, but
> it was used in earlier centuries.
>
> You *believe* your explanation to be correct; an opinion,
> but not necessarily a correct opinion. As Dr. Lacy pointed out,
> there are other instruments at least as old as the clarinet which
> use multiple clefs in their normal range.
> --
> Mark Charette "How can you be in two places at once
> charette@-----.com when you're not anywhere at all?"
> http://sneezy.mika.com/clarinet - Firesign Theater
>

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