Klarinet Archive - Posting 001125.txt from 1999/03

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] orchestra opening
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 23:11:28 -0500

On Sat, 20 Mar 1999 Jcadie@-----.com wrote:

I guess after a few years of Nutcracker, bass clef in A doesn't
really trip any breakers for me. It's as easy as tranposing to
C from Bb or A.

Neil

> In a message dated 3/20/99 2:18:31 PM, you wrote:
>
> <<One other thing is the bass clarinet does take more mental gymnastics
> with bass clef parts or bass clef in A parts - but once you're
> comfortable with that it's just second nature.<<
>
> I'll second that. I remember I had to play Rachmaninoff's second symphony
> last year with about a weeks notice. I'm usually a pretty good transposer but
> that was extremely difficult! I finally paid my roommate to write it out on
> her music software program. jc
>
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