Klarinet Archive - Posting 000312.txt from 2001/01

From: Forrest Davie <mcpusc@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] transposing
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 21:25:16 -0500

I'm sorry, i was confused.
--- rgarrett@-----.edu wrote:
> 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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