Klarinet Archive - Posting 000311.txt from 2001/01

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] transposing
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 21:19:45 -0500

At 06:04 PM 01/09/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Trans posing from the clarinet to another insrument
>depends on the key of the other instrument, and on the
>type of clarinet. Transposing from a Bb soprano to a C
>instrument, you would make each tone two half-steps
>lower. with other types of clarinets, the offset would
>be different

I'm not sure I'm reading this properly. To read a C part with a Bb soprano
clarinet, you raise (not lower) the pitch one full step. One method is to
read everything one full step higher and add two #s to the key
signature. Thus, you would play a written C as a D, and a written E as an F#.

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
Phone: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3121

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