Klarinet Archive - Posting 000101.txt from 2007/03

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] clarinet choir divisi
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:03:53 -0500

I am sure most people on this list are aware of this, but divisi is very
common in clarinet band parts. I just looked at the music in my band
folder and 8 out of 18 pieces have divisi (and that includes a couple of
marches where it is less common).

Gary
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Martin Baxter wrote:
> "divisi" is really most used in parts (like violin parts) where both
> instruments could play both notes. If you have two notes on a clarinet
> part played by two players they usually have enough common sense to play
> one each.
> Martin
> On 6 Mar 2007, at 19:28, 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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