Klarinet Archive - Posting 000326.txt from 1999/05

From: CEField@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] C Clarinets (was Orchestral Rep Question)
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 23:31:07 -0400

In a message dated 5/9/99 3:16:31 PM, Gary@-----.com writes:

<<Gosh, I am surprised to hear someone say this. Didn't you have a chance to
play in an orchestra in high school?>>

I played in my high school orchestra some 30 years ago but do not recall ever
having had to transpose by sight. To this day, I would not trust myself to do
it right during a performance.

While learning how to tranpose CAN be a valuable skill, there is at least one
pitfall. A friend plays alto saxophone and clarinet. He tranposes by sight
when he plays with C instruments, a habit he picked up when he belonged to a
small dance band back in the '50s. Problem is: he sometimes (and
unpredictably) tranposes even when he is playing an Eb alto sax part or Bb
clarinet part. If he goes on autopilot during a performance, it's a real
train wreck!

Cindy

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