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Author: aranona
Date: 2005-02-28 00:48
I play in a youth orchestra and we just got new music today and it's all for A Clarinet and I play Bb, so I'm hoping my school will let me borrow the A clarinet, but I've never played one before, so I was wondering if the fingerings are the same. Also I would like to know if anyone knows a more effective way of transposing then trying to read everything down a half step. Thanks.
-Allison
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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-02-28 00:52
all the fingerings are indeed the same, just as long as you're reading music written for A clarinet ![[wink]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie3.gif)
I like reading everything down a half step when transposing, but the other way is to read it in the key that is a half step down. So say you're in the key of C- instead of flatting everything (or bringing it down a half step), you think of it as though it's in the key of B. I don't do it that way, so I can't really effectively explain. I like the other way.
If you dont like transposing by sight, there is always some great computer software out there to do it for you- i.e. Sibelius... try it out.
-Lindsie
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Author: donald
Date: 2005-02-28 02:56
on the A clarinet you often don't need the right hand little finger Aflat/Eflat key to sharpen altissimo D, E and F. This is of course different on every clarinet so do check these notes out.
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Author: clarispark
Date: 2005-02-28 13:25
It's the same from clarinet to clarinet, I think, even across different keys, as long as you're using all the same fingering system (usually Boehm, right?). I play the E-flat clarinet and all the fingerings are the same as long as I play E-flat music.
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