Klarinet Archive - Posting 000780.txt from 2002/07

From: Lucienne <lucienne@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] hindemith
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 23:10:00 -0400

thanks for the thoughts
I was halfway finnished transposing it and I had to move, and lost it. ergh!
I play a low c bass.
I read in bass clef.
transposing on sight is something I'm working on. But haven't quite
mastered yet. :-)

a brief request, please, if you don't recognize a person please don't
assume that they are new to the instrument, new to music or 10 years old.
I know you probaly don't recognize me, and thats fine, I just feel as if
you are speaking down to me with out knowing who I am first.

Thanks for the tips
Lucienne

At 11:13 AM 7/25/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Some additional thoughts:
>
>I don't have the Sonata in front of me, so I don't remember the range, but
>if the bassoon part descends to the bassoon's lowest Bb (2nd ledger space
>below the bass clef staff), you'll need to have an extended range bass
>clarinet that descends to a low written C if you wish to play it in the
>original key. If your bass clarinet doesn't go that low, you'll need to
>rewrite both the bassoon part and the piano part, putting them into a key
>of your choice that will work on your bass clarinet.
>
>A verbatim transposition (keeping in the original key and being able to
>use the piano part as is) would be: play the bass clef part with two fewer
>flats or two more sharps than the bassoon and piano parts (a key one full
>step higher) and play all bassoon notes a fifth lower, pretending you are
>reading from a treble clef staff rather than from a part written in bass clef.
>
>Richard Bush wrote:
>
>>If you can't find it, two other possibilities are to learn to transpose,
>>reading from the bassoon's bass clef part, or rewrite the bassoon part,
>>doing the transposition on paper. Either one will be a good exercise.
>>Being able to read bass clef parts on bass clarinet can, on occasion, be
>>a valuable skill and trick to have in your bag of tricks.
>>Lucienne wrote:
>>
>>>Hi
>>>I was wondering if anyone out there knew where I can find a
>>>transposition of the Hindemith Bassoon sonata for bass clarinet?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance
>>>Lucienne
>
>
>
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