Klarinet Archive - Posting 000288.txt from 1997/11

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Bass Clarinet Notation...again!
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 03:51:16 -0500

They are written "in B flat", i.e., a tone higher than they sound - or
"in A" ....
However, be prepared to transpose sections in the treble clef down an
octave, from time to time...
Roger Shilcock

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

> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 14:22:06 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Frederick S. Sterns" <fssterns@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Bass Clarinet Notation...again!
>
> 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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