Klarinet Archive - Posting 000420.txt from 2005/08

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?sarah=20elbaz?=" <sarah@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Brahms 4th Symphony - 3rd Movement
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:21:00 -0400

Tom,
When you perform , what you take on stage is your head, your ears and your heart- and these are the things
you should alsways practice.
Practice your transposition - how long do you have to practice one movement??
The time that you spent reading all the messages from all the nice people in the list could be enough to learn
the part.
Sarah

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> From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Brahms 4th Symphony - 3rd Movement
> Sent: 22 Aug '05 15:07
>
> Tom,
>
> Most clarinetists are still able to sight transpose (especially the C
> transposition), certainly the best solution for the long term. As just one
> example of the advantages, imagine you got called at 5pm for a 7pm call
> time to play this very piece. A computer wouldn't help much then.
>
> Learning to transpose is an impractical solution, however, for your short
> term problem. Normally your options at this point would be to play it at
> written pitch for the audition and hope the people listening don't have
> perfect pitch (not so good a solution in general, impossible given the low
> Eb) or to transpose it out on computer/by hand. I'd suggest the latter
> option and further suggest that you make it a long term goal to have a
> least the most common transpositions down fluently.
>
> A program like Sibelius or Finale will easily allow you to enter the part
> and then transpose it to whatever key you wish.
>
>           -Adam
>
> PS: Be sure to thoroughly check out the transposed part after you write it
> out. Copying errors can prove disastrous.
>
> At 10:25 AM 8/22/2005, Tom.Henson@-----.com wrote:
> [...]
> >Now, my question is what do most clarinetist do when faced with having
> >to transpose an entire movement or even an entire piece. I know in the
> >past, with a lack of computers and other technology, you were expected
> >to just transpose in your head or write out the part long hand. Is this
> >still the practice, or is there some other way to accomplish this? Maybe
> >using a program like Sibelius?
> >
> >I was given only one week to prepare for this audition, and just don't
> >want to take a chance on sight transposition. The music itself is not a
> >problem, its just how to go about transposing the best way. Any
> >suggestions or practical advice would be much appreciated.
>
>
>
>
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