Klarinet Archive - Posting 000183.txt from 1997/11

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Bass clarinet books
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 17:20:38 -0500

If you have a low C on your horn (which I assume you do!), buy a book of
the Bach Suites for Unaccompanied Cello - and learn them. By the end of
the book, you will read bass clef quite well! Once you reach the end,
practice tranposing them to the key of A (as though it was a Bass
Clef part calling for A Bass Clarinet).....you will have that skill down
pretty well too by the end!

Roger Garrett

On Wed, 5 Nov 1997 SCM9348@-----.com wrote:

> I know there seems to be a shortage of good etudes and studies for bass
> clarinet as it is, but can any of you recommend one that concentrates on
> etudes written in bass cleff? I guess I could use a trombone book or
> something like that, but of course it wouldn't work on problems specific to
> mine. This is an area I haven't explored much, and being primarily a bass
> clarinetist (hopefully we won't discuss THAT again ;), I'm sure i'll be
> seeing more pieces written in it as the literature gets harder. Thanks for
> your help.
>
> --Stephen C. Moore / scm9348@-----.com
>