Klarinet Archive - Posting 001078.txt from 2004/07

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Reading bassoon parts on bass clarinet
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 00:05:38 -0400

Simple answer---play on baritone sax! In our local chamber orchestra when we were short a bassoon, I got a sub for myself on clarinet and played the bassoon part on baritone sax. Of course, I am a classical baritone saxophonist.........

It IS a very good substitute and we use classical baritone sax on the bassoon parts for outdoor concerts with the Heisig-Hastings Band here in Santa Cruz. (we use Selmer low A MKVI, with Heisig classical mouthpieces and Vandoren 5 reeds producing a VERY warm clasical sound)

Kurt Heisig

From: donna@-----.com
Sent: Jul 29, 2004 6:58 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Reading bassoon parts on bass clarinet

Hi all,

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.

So, is there something that will work for transposing to a Bb instrument? (And
yes, I know this is a wonderful example of why I need to learn to read bass
clef, and I *am* getting better at it. Just not good enough yet to transpose
bass clef parts at sight.)

Some of this part is in alto clef, and I just read those notes as written,
right?

Thanks!
Donna

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