Klarinet Archive - Posting 000334.txt from 2004/01

From: Martin Arnold <martin@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Bass Clarinet Scale Book
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:46:13 -0500

On 1/11/04 8:06 AM, "Jodi Swinn" <jodi@-----.com> wrote:

>
>> When you play bass clarinet in orchestra (or band for that
>> matter) and
>> your part is in bass clef, do you read the part in concert
>> pitch, or do
>> you read it as Bass clarinet in Bb?
> I must be weird. All my bass clarinet parts from our senior concert band
> are in Treble clef..
>
> Jodi
>
>
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Dear Jodi;

You are not weird. High school band parts for the bass clarinet are in the
treble clef. If you continue to play bass clarinet in university or in an
orchestra you will eventually come face to face with some very weird looking
bass clarinet parts that could be all in bass clef or a combination of
treble and bass clef or there could be passages where the treble clef
portions are to be read up an octave. Also just as there are clarinets in A,
there used to be bass clarinets in A, so you could be confronted with a bass
clarinet part in the bass clef in A!!!!! So get cracking on you scales and
bass clef now. That will certainly help you with real weirdness later on.

Martin Arnold
Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
Mexico City Philharmonic: http://www.musicos-ofcm.com/martin/
Bass Clarinet Scale Book: http://www.aztecpress.com.mx

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