Klarinet Archive - Posting 001041.txt from 2004/07

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Reading bassoon parts on bass clarinet
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:06:38 -0400

In a message dated 7/29/2004 8:59:20 AM Central Daylight Time,
donna@-----.com writes:
I will be playing bass clarinet for a concert this weekend, with one
rehearsal
on Saturday morning, and the director wants me to cover a 3rd bassoon part in
one piece, Charbrier's "Joyeuse Marche." I seemed to remember there was a
trick
to reading bass clef C instrument parts on bass clarinet, so I searched the
archives and found a post about the "read as tenor clef and add three sharps
to
the key signature" method. But someone off-list told me that this only works
for Eb instruments.>>

That method works for reading a bassoon part on the Eb contra-alto. Very
handy for covering contra bassoon parts.

Donna, at this point, your only hope is to write out the part in treble
clef, transposing it as you go. Also, if it's a bassoon part, you are much more
likely to be looking at tenor clef, not alto clef.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com
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