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Author: greywoosie
Date: 2003-08-23 15:44
I will be playing in a pit orchestra in the Fall, and the part I was given is Reed I. Much of the music is written for flute, but there will be no flute player in the pit. So, I need to transpose that part for a Bb clarinet. How do I do this? Is there a program I could purchase that would do it for me? Is that the best/easiest way to go?
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Author: bob49t
Date: 2003-08-23 16:32
There are lots of references to transposition of this kind if you do a search (above). There are programmes to allow you to transpose scores in any way you wish, but in my experience your original has to be of first quality, otherwise the scanning and "recognition as music" parts of the system falls short. Most of the pit orchestra scores are adequate for reading, but less useful for scanning. If they are manuscript forget scanning and computer transposition.
All the best.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2003-08-23 17:34
"Reed I" part is for Flute? Well, that's okay, I guess they c'n be considered reedwinds if they wanna be Scoot over guys.
The best and easiest for me to get along with 'em has always been, and still is, sight transposition. No fuss, no muss. You either add two sharps, or subtract two flats (to the key signature) and read everything on the page one whole step higher. Practice doing this using regular sheet music ten to twenty minutes a day, starting today, and by Fall you'll be reading flute, violin, piano parts like an old pro. Pretty soon you won't even have to think about it much at all... trust me, it'll become 'second nature' to you.
Happy Tootin' !
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-08-23 17:40
From my experience in pits, attempting to play flute parts on clar is not recommended, since many of them will be very high and some must be very soft to accompany soprano vocalists in "delicate" parts. The transposition, for many of us just reading it, is the same as for oboe, piano etc, one full tone higher, add 2#'s to the key signature. Others, help. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: JMCraig
Date: 2003-08-23 17:40
For some of us that last suggestion (learning to transpose on the fly, so to speak) isn't too practical. Depending upon the length of the parts in question, I've found it pretty easy to put something in by hand (I've never tried scanning) into my copy of Noteworthy Composer and use it's transposition function to move the notes around.
If you're a REAL musician, I suppose you can learn to transpose on the fly as described above. I'm not at that level (and don't have the time to practice anyway), but I can put a piece into Noteworthy very quickly....
You could always get a C clarinet....
Best of luck with whatever you decide to do!
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Author: Burt
Date: 2003-08-23 22:53
I've had to play flute parts on clarinet when accompanying shows. If I have time to transpose on paper, I play the part on a MIDI instrument (I have a piano), load into Noteworthy Composer or other software, transpose, and print. Otherwise, I transpose at sight using the method Don described.
If the part gets too high to play in complete control, lower it an octave. I have never had a conductor tell me that this was not acceptable. (Once I had to play the piccolo part to Stars and Stripes forever, and I took that an octave lower than a flute would play it. I certainly didn't cut through like a piccolo, but what else could I do?)
Greywoosie, enjoy your new experience.
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