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Author: Iacuras
Date: 2005-01-25 21:54
I just found out today that I will have to cover the second Basson part in my schools full orchestra. How do you transpose a basson part to Bass Clarinet? Any and all help is appreciated, thanks!
Steve
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2005-01-25 22:02
Icarus -
First, you attach feathers to your arms with wax. then you fly too near the sun -- wait, that's another story.
Read the part in treble clef, adjust the key signature, and use upper register fingerings -- as if you were playing a sax.
However, it is dangerous to depend on this trick, since it's easy to become "un-cleffed" in the heat of performance. It's better to get comfortable in bass clef and then read up a step, as if you were playing a C clarinet part. As your tag line says, practice.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-01-25 22:05
While the trans of C parts to Bb is quite simple, when coupled with a bass clef to treble clef trans, I'd ask my conductor-librarian to locate the transposition computer software and have it do it, otherwise I'd have a lot of trouble with wrong notes. There is a "handy-dandy" way to read it for baritone sax, is this an option for you? Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-01-25 22:27
The transposition advice by Ken is excellent, however since this is a "first time" for you, have it written out/printed out ahead of time for your performance.
As you become more comfortable with transposition, you will eventually learn to play it at sight...GBK
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Author: Tom A
Date: 2005-01-25 22:30
The short answer is: you write out the part or scan it on Sibelius and change it to your key!
The long answer is: you'll have to transpose down what looks like a 5th on the staff. (It's actually up a tone, but you're changing clef, key, and written pitch.)
The B flat on the bassoon's 2nd line is the same as the bass clari's C natural below the staff. The F on the bassoon's 4th line is the same as your open G. Come to think of it, it's the same as transposing an alto sax part to clarinet. The key signature will change as well, adding 2 sharps or subtracting 2 flats.
Practise very slowly on short phrases first, and gradually you'll learn to recognise the shape of the melody and the size of the intervals. This means you can work out the first note of a phrase, and then play the phrase correctly, even though you're not playing each individual note as written, but the shape of the whole section.
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Author: allencole
Date: 2005-01-26 05:07
This takes a while, but it will get better and better if you stick with it.
You may be able to simply practice the transposition on easier pieces. On harder pieces. I recommend that you get some software and learn to use it for this purpose.
Finale notepad is free, they tell me, and Noteworthy Composer is cheap. Do you have access to any sort of notation software at school?
Allen Cole
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