Klarinet Archive - Posting 000088.txt from 2007/03

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] clarinet choir divisi
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:34:34 -0500

Yes. It is common to have divisi in parts, although it is safest for the
B-flat clarinets (and probably bass clarinet, in most cases).

I have seen manuscript transcriptions for clarinet choir that had as
many as four parts for alto clarinet in places (probably horn parts).
Fat chance of that ever happening.

Gary

David Lamb wrote:
> I have written clarinet choir music in 8 real parts: E-flat, 3 B-flats,
> alto, bass, contra-alto, contra-bass. Assuming that there are often
> more than one player per part, is it common to write "divisi" for some
> or any of the parts? I would like to feel confident about writing
> divided parts at least for the three B-flat parts. Advice?
>
> David Lamb in Seattle
>

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