Klarinet Archive - Posting 000790.txt from 2001/09

From: "roxy" <roxy@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Notation Issue?
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:43:50 -0400

Hi i'm from italy. I want to ask what do you think about the italian
clarinettist Scarponi Ciro .
regards
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From: "Tim Roberts" <timr@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Notation Issue?

> In the September 2001 issue of _The Clarinet_, Ray Jackendoff writes an
> thought-provoking short article entitled "Proper Ending of the Slow
Movement of
> the Mozart Concerto". I have a question about the score fragments.
>
> In the B"renreiter fragments, the basset notes in bass clef are written
one
> octave too low. That is, whereas notes in the treble clef are written a
minor
> second higher than they sound, as usual, the notes in the bass clef are
written
> a minor sixth LOWER than they sound.
>
> Is this actually the way the B"renreiter score is notated? I assume the
> justification is to avoid having the eye suddenly veer from the very
bottom of
> the staff to the very top of the staff, but as a piano player, it startled
me.
> It also has the unfortunate side effect of turning lines into spaces and
vice
> versa.
>
> Is this common practice in basset music?
>
> --
> - Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
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