Klarinet Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 2007/06

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: least favourite part
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:11:18 -0400

The original, or at least what I've played in orchestras too many times
to count, is indeed in D Major, and the only printed part I've ever seen
is for Bb clarinet.

Karl

Tim Roberts wrote:
> The Mark Rogers concert band arrangement of Hoe Down from Copland's
> "Rodeo" is in concert D, which puts the Bb clarinets in the key of E.
> That turns the Hoe Down melody into a study in break-crossing
> finger-twisting, alternating little-finger gymnastics above the break
> with throat tone side-key gymnastics below the break. I consider myself
> moderately talented, but there's no way I can play this reliably until
> it becomes muscle memory.
>
> If the orchestral original was in concert D, I assume that it must have
> been scored for clarinets in A. That puts it in written F, where it
> would be manageable.
>

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