Klarinet Archive - Posting 000084.txt from 2011/11

From: Rachel Roessel <gsurosey@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mahler: Symphony No. 2 instrumentation for Clarinets.
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:02:04 -0500

> =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 *The bass clarinet is always in B-flat. There are jus=
t two

> measures in which it is in bass clef written a major 2nd above concert pi=
tch
> (Mvt 1, measures 238-239). Otherwise Mahler uses the customary "French
> notation" in treble clef a major 9th above concert pitch. =

So does that mean play the treble clef parts as written, or an octave up?

[I've heard of the different bass clarinet notation styles, I just can't ke=
ep them straight, especially since I've never had the pleasure of playing b=
ass clarinet parts in bass clef. I have played bassoon parts, which is part=
ially why I prefer bass clef parts in C (that, and I read bass clef in C th=
e easiest thanks to all that piano that music majors must take).]

Rachel
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