Klarinet Archive - Posting 000488.txt from 2006/03

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Transposed Parts
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:44:13 -0500

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Tim Roberts wrote:
> A lot of Middle Eastern music is written for sopranino clarinet in G.

Hang on, hang on, we need to clarify some stuff here. From what I know
a lot of Middle Eastern music uses the *soprano* clarinet in G---that
is, a clarinet pitched a tone below the A clarinet. Historically basset
horns were made in this transposition and Mozart's clarinet concerto was
originally sketched for such an instrument before being transposed up a
tone for the A basset clarinet. For those interested, Steve Fox makes
such an instrument: http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/G_clarinet.html

*Sopranino* clarinet in G is another matter: it's the "sharp" equivalent
to the high Ab clarinet, the smallest clarinet still in use that I know
of. It was used by the Schrammel quartet in Vienna in the 19th century,
among others. This is made, for example, by Schwenk und Seggelke:
http://www.schwenk-und-seggelke.de/englisch/klarinetteninfo_profi_asg.htm=
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