Klarinet Archive - Posting 000524.txt from 2002/01

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] alto clef
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 06:10:23 -0500

TO play alto clef, you would be playing an octave higher than the virtual bass
clef notes, of course, unless you were playing a bass clarinet.
Tenor clef parts can be played on the bass clarinet by simply
imagining two extra sharps and reading the part as if it was in the
*treble* clef.
Roger S.

In message <20020119102745.90366.qmail@-----.org writes:
> Myke,
>
> Couldn't you just *lower* the key signature a half
> step (like C to B) and play the notes where they are
> written on a Bb clarinet, but as if the clef was Bass
> clef? (adjusting for accidentals that have to be
> changed for the key, of course.) The alto clef C is on
> the third line, which would be a D in Bass clef, thus
> the transposition. The lowest note would be a D
> concert, and I don't believe a viola plays lower than
> that. This would be the CHEAPEST option for playing
> viola parts.
>
> You could also just buy a D clarinet, and *raise* the
> key signature a whole step (like C to D) and play the
> alto clef as if it was the treble clef. I would think
> the D clarinet would be a whole lot easier to get than
> a basset extension for C clarinet, and the instrument
> would play down to a low F# concert pitch (written E
> natural.)
>
> Just a suggestion (or two.)
>
> Kelly Abraham
> Woodwinds - New York City
> --- Michael Cuthbert <cuthbert@-----.edu> wrote:
> > Now if only someone would make a basset extension
> > for a C clarinet.
> > Would be nice to be able to play viola parts w/o
> > xposition or lack of
> > range getting in the way of the interferring alto
> > clef. :)
> >
> > Best,
> > Myke Cuthbert
> >
> >
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