Klarinet Archive - Posting 000429.txt from 2003/04

From: Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] C clarinet weirdness
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:36:05 -0400

Joseph

Do you have difficulty playing bass clef parts?

GaryT

Joseph Wakeling wrote:

> << Bass Clarinet parts just should not be written in treble clef. Right!! >>
>
> This is ridiculous. The use of treble clef for bass clarinet notation makes
> perfect sense---notation corresponding to the fingerings for the instrument,
> rather than the pitch. It's the whole point of a transposing
> instrument---one notation for the whole family.
>
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