Klarinet Archive - Posting 000454.txt from 2000/06

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Low Clarinets?
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:51:34 -0400

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, F. S. Sterns wrote:

> I thought I had the low clarinet nomenclature under control until I
> picked up a chart with the notation "Eb Contra Bass Clarinet"...is the
> Contra Alto sometimes called "Contra Bass?...clearly the key for this
> section is for a transposing instrument in Eb...thanks for any
> clarification.

In some older compositions for bands, and probably for clarinet choirs,
the instrument now known as the Eb contra alto clarinet was designated in
scores as the Eb contra bass. Eb contra alto is a better description, in
the opinion of this particular teacher of orchestration.

Ed Lacy
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Dr. Edwin Lacy University of Evansville
Professor of Music 1800 Lincoln Avenue
Evansville, IN 47722
el2@-----.edu (812)479-2754
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