Klarinet Archive - Posting 000632.txt from 2000/05

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Bass Clarinet, Bass Clef in A Transpositions
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 04:26:55 -0400

There is a story (which has appeared here in the distantish past) that at
Bayreuth there is a wodge of bass clar. parts written out in the treble
clef, which is what *really* gets played from.
Incidentally, Janis, why didn't your friend *ask* which sax(es) to bring?
Yours,
Roger S.

On Fri, 12 May 2000 Jcadie@-----.com wrote:

> Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 00:29:54 EDT
> From: Jcadie@-----.com
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Bass Clarinet, Bass Clef in A Transpositions
>
>
> In a message dated 11/05/00 16:44:56, DGross1226@-----.com writes:
>
> <<In a message dated 00-05-11 04:16:27 EDT, Janis writes:
>
> << I have to say I am getting much better at the A transposition. I used to
> write the parts out but after writing out Rachmaninoff second symphony a few
> years ago (it took me hours and hours), I thought I should just become better
> at reading it. >>
>
> Not necessarily. Several years ago I purchased a copy of a "professionally"
> transposed and copied bass clarinet part for Rach II from Emily Bernstein who
> at that time I believe was playing bass with the Pacific Symphony in Orange
> County, California. I asked her why she had the part transposed, wasn't she
> a pro? She replied that's why she had the part transposed. Pros aren't
> allowed the luxury of making one or two "little" mistakes transposing down a
> 9th! Pros do whatever it takes to ensure as close to "perfection" in a
> performance as possible. And don't even think about the cost of recording
> studio time.
>
> Don Gross
>
>
> I only really partially agree with this statement. if you can get a copy of
> a part then by all means go for it. As someone who has played "pro" If I
> learn a part then I learn a part, i'm not going to make a mistake on the
> transpostion. ( By that I don't mean that I don't make mistakes, besides you
> can make mistakes learning things without having to transpose them).
>
> That being said, you have to know your transpositions! I've been in studio
> situations where people have had to read a part on the spot and transpose
> when someone hasn't shown up. Things happen like that all the time. I also
> had a friend who played with a major orchestra for a pops concert and wasn't
> told the correct saxophone to bring and had to transpose the piece on the
> spot. If you can't transpose then what are you going to do? I've seen far
> to many sitiations like these. People don't always have the time to
> transpose parts by hand or have someone do them. It's a painful fact that
> transposition is a necessary skill for a "pro".
>
> Janis
> janis
>
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