Klarinet Archive - Posting 000107.txt from 2008/11

From: "Keith" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Rant du Jour
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:02:09 -0500

This is not necessarily a stupid thing to do. You have to look at the
harmony to see if it is sensible. I don't have the score, but he might be
doing an enharmonic modulation from C# major to Db major (for example to go
off into flat keys), or he might be modulating from, say, A major to Db
major. The enharmonic change for the clarinet indicates you have to listen
carefully to the harmony to see if your intonation needs adjusting.

In meantone intonation, which is something like what wind players (who play
'in tune'!) use in practice, Db is sharper than C#. Unless you are playing
with a keyboard.

On the other hand, the parts might just be sloppily written.

Keith Bowen

>What a piece of work this thing is. Two measures of repeating Db quarter
notes followed by two measures of C# repeating quarter notes in one
piece. ??! Very inconsistent. The entire thing is, I guess in C#
major, which thankfully, Weill didn't actually score out for the
sax/clarinet part - just put in a bajillion accidentals everywhere.

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