Klarinet Archive - Posting 000265.txt from 1997/11

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Bass Clarinet Notation...again!
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 17:55:52 -0500

The Bass Clarinet parts are written in Bb or A......I have not personally
run across one that needed to be transposed....however....someone may
have? Even when in bass clef...they are in Bb or A.

Roger Garrett

On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Frederick S. Sterns wrote:

> There has been an extended, and very useful thread during the last couple
> of months on Bass Clarinet notation...and I, for one, gathered an enormous
> amount of useful information from it. However, I would like to confirm one
> point that I am yet unsure of...
>
> ...are Bass Clarinet parts notated in the bass clef for "Bass Clarinet in
> Bb" generally written in Bb or C? [I recognize there may be an occasional
> exception!] In other words, do you generally read the bass clef
> directly...or transpose from bass clef C to Bb? [For example,
> Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4...is the eighth note at rehearsal 5 D on the
> instrument or E?
>
> Thanks...Fred S.
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