Klarinet Archive - Posting 000198.txt from 1997/11

From: ROBERT HOWE <arehow@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Bass clarinet books
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 20:24:22 -0500

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?

Get the Bach cello suites. THey are wonderful music, entirely bass
clef, and will challenge you in terms of phrasing and musicianship as
well as in the clef reading. If you have a low Eb clarinet, read them a
tone higher to produce actual notated pitch. If you have a low C
clarinet, read them as they lie.

Robert Howe