Klarinet Archive - Posting 000178.txt from 2011/03

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset Horn Question
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:56:16 -0400

Stay away from alto and tenor clefs. I have never seen them used in basset
horn music.

Dan Leeson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Bassett" <bassettt1@-----.com>
To: "klarinet" <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Basset Horn Question

>
> YEs! it did answer my question. I'm so glad you brought up the fact it
> goes to low C!!!! Even though I know that, I somehow forgot and was
> writing as if it could only go to E. Now I can do all kinds of crossing
> between the bass clarinet and basset horn and with the basset horn and 1st
> and 2nd clarinets.
>
> So then.. is it ever a common practice to use tenor or alto clefs? This
> is just a thought... I think it would look nice to see 2 treble clefs, an
> alto clef, and a bass clef as if I was writing a string quartet. I could
> always do that for the look of the score and then make the actual
> individual part the correct clefs.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
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