Klarinet Archive - Posting 000207.txt from 1999/10

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] ligatures for Eb
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 03:54:30 -0400

On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 DPhilpot@-----.com wrote:

> When the day comes to play the Eb part in Strauss' Till, be prepared: the
> part is for D clarinet.

Although I've not done that particular transposition yet, I don't think
will be too hard. I find that cheating with my Bb and A is far easier
than reading clarinet in C. Mainly because it's a whole stinkin' lot
easier just to (mentally) add sharps or flats to everything you see than
it is to transpose a whole step. At least for me. Since Eb and D have an
identical relationship to Bb and A, maybe it won't be so bad.

Currently, I am involved in the Verdi opera Rigoletto - our second
performance is tonight. Friggin C parts are killin' me and the principal.
But we're surviving. It's just taking more brain power than we normally
use.

(Not that we had much to begin with. ^_^ )

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"If I wanted a 'job,' I'd have gone music ED, thank you very much!"

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