Klarinet Archive - Posting 000862.txt from 2000/06
From: Lacy Schroeder <LacyS@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl]clefs & transposition, was oboe fingerings
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:35:45 -0400
Yes, bass clef is fun..Here's a short story for y'all..
Last summer I played 2nd clarinet/bass clarinet in an opera festival, and
one of the operas we did was "Dialogues des Carmelites" by Poulenc (which I
STRONGLY recommend to those of you who don't know it. It's the typical
Poulenc, whose music I describe as being "wierd without being weird").
Anyway, there's 1st/2nd clarinet and bass clarinet (in BASS CLEF!) Now,
myself, I am a champion at reading bass clef on bass clarinet (came in handy
when I played Franck's symphony this spring- something many of you don't
seem too enthusiastic about but I like personally). Okay, to the point..I
had to play BOTH 2nd cl. AND bass cl., AND we had to re-orchestrate some of
the missing wind parts because the pit was soooo small they couldn't
contract enough players. SO, when there wasn't enough time to switch horns,
I had to play the bass clarinets parts an octave lower on soprano, and the
soprano parts an octave higher on bass, and read pasted in parts in C and
F!!!! Thank goodness I'm not only a performance major but a theory major as
well, or I might have had a harder time. But it wasn't so bad, it was a good
brain exercise. I recommend it highly!
Lacy Schroeder
-----Original Message-----
From: klarANNette h satterfield [mailto:klarann@-----.com]
Subject: Re: [kl]clefs & transposition, was oboe fingerings
On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 13:31:45 -0500 Lacy Schroeder <LacyS@-----.org>
writes:
>I have the same problem doubling on bassoon! The low F and Ab are the
>opposite of the clarinet-the F being on top and Ab on the bottom. I'm
just
>thankful that we don't have to read in different clefs! (Although when I
>read a piece in C, I change the key signature and read it in alto clef!)
The mental adjustments and tricks people use in reading clefs and
transpositions are fascinating.
I can read bass clef in piano or full score, but find it very difficult
when by itself, for a bass clef instrument. I tend to flip into alto or
treble clef.
Alto clef was not a problem, because i was learning a new instrument and
clef together, it was all new so not confusingly half familiar.
And i have a buddy who plays horn, who can read cello parts easily in
bass clef, and gets the right notes when the part goes into tenor clef--
except he has a hard time getting the half-steps in the right location.
Sometimes after transposing C parts, i have to chant "written notes" when
back to Bb part.
annhall
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Ann Satterfield - clarinetist and teacher
Adjunct and Instrumental Assistant PCC
Principal Clarinet, ISO
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