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 key question
Author: Benny 
Date:   2004-02-01 00:33

I have to play the L'Italiana in Algeri Sinfonia for an audition. It says "in Do". What key of clarinet is this written for? Thank you.

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 Re: key question
Author: Brian Peterson 
Date:   2004-02-01 00:46

"Do" is the key of C.

You'll have to transpose the notes to play them on your Bb clarinet, up one whole step.

Good luck.

BP

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 Re: key question
Author: GBK 
Date:   2004-02-01 03:45

L'Italiana in Algeri" is in the key of C and was written for C clarinet.

If you choose to play it on Bb clarinet, you must transpose everything up a whole step and play in the key of D ...GBK

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 Re: key question
Author: EEBaum 
Date:   2004-02-01 05:36

Ooh, fun music. Saw part of it performed on TV once.

-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com

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 Re: key question
Author: Mark Pinner 
Date:   2004-02-01 11:23

Some people prefer to transpose C parts up a minor third on the A, it is up a line or space and some people find this transposition easier.

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 Re: key question
Author: Joseph Brenner, Jr. 
Date:   2004-02-02 17:33

And, Benny, there's a way to learn the notes of the "Italian" scale so that you'll never forget them or their order...the price you pay is that the song will never leave your head; it will positively crowd out all other thoughts. Listen to the sound track or watch the movie "The Sound of Music."

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 Re: key question
Author: David Peacham 
Date:   2004-02-02 17:54

However, the Doh-Ray-Me of that irritating song is not quite the same thing as the Italian scale.

Julie Andrews sung of "Tea, a drink with jam and bread", but clarinet parts are headed "Sib".

A clear explanation of the two systems can be found at http://www.heathertrail.com/sightsigning.pdf. (Not my misprint - logically, ought to be sightsinging.pdf, but it isn't.)

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 Re: key question
Author: Micaela 
Date:   2004-02-02 18:09

I think "La, a note to follow So," is a real cop-out. And it usually is sol, not so. Achh, Rogers and Hammerstein. I'd prefer Sondheim or Gershwin or Porter or Sullivan any day.

I have a new ear training professor who's making us use numbers instead of solfedge- it takes some adjustment but I might some day escape that song. :)

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