Klarinet Archive - Posting 000030.txt from 2010/08

From: John Dablin <jdablin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bass Part - Rachmaninov 2
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:22:32 -0400

Surely transposition isn't confined to playing the part on a different
instrument to that written? If you turn up to the gig and the aging diva
can't quite cut it any more, *everyone* has to transpose down a semitone
(or more!). I'm sure such stories aren't just apocryphal.

John Dablin

On 10/08/10 16:57, Forest Aten wrote:
> Ken
>
> "confused if he had used different fingering"? Huh....doesn't he know the "regular" fingerings related to written notes?
> Such a great player to be so easily "confused". ;-) I guess this would indicate he would be easily confused when playing
> Bb clarinet and moving between Bb parts and transposed C parts? Just a thought.
>
> While "most professionals" will have to learn to transpose...this would not be the case for those who make a it a point
> to find/purchase/use the instrument the composer specified. :-) Not easy...but it can and has been done.
>
> Forest
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: K S [mailto:krsmav@-----.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:41 AM
> To: The Klarinet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [kl] Bass Part - Rachmaninov 2
>
> The Bass in A was the subject of a good string on the Yahoo Early
> Clarinet board at
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/EarlyClarinet/messages.
>
> Among other things, a member mentioned that the Philadelphia Orchestra
> owns one. I mentioned a master class in which Ron Reuben (the retired
> Philadelphia bass clarinetist) said that he used only a Bb bass. He
> said that he had learned the parts on the Bb bass and that he would be
> confused if he had used different fingerings. In his opinion,
> transposition of even the difficult parts (e.g., La Valse) was
> something that any professional player needed to learn.
>
> I suggest, however, that readers skip the last few messages, which
> were a renewal by Tony of his criticism of me personally, to which I
> unwisely responded.
>
> Ken Shaw
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