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 Difference betwwn A and Bb Clarinets
Author: Elke Vogelchen 
Date:   2000-04-17 20:22

I am a beginning student of clarinet and I would like to know what is the lowest note that an A clarinet can make. The Bb clarinet's lowest note is E and when transcribed to concert pitch is D.
Thanks

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 RE: Difference betwwn A and Bb Clarinets
Author: Mark Charette 
Date:   2000-04-17 20:48

The A is pitched a half-tone lower than the the Bb - lowest note is E sounding a concert Db.



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 RE: Difference betwwn A and Bb Clarinets
Author: Jeff 
Date:   2000-04-18 03:53

But there are Bb Clarinets that have a low Eb key on them-just to make it possible to transpose from A to Bb completely.


Jeff

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 RE: Difference betwwn A and Bb Clarinets
Author: Mark Charette 
Date:   2000-04-18 11:47

Jeff wrote:
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But there are Bb Clarinets that have a low Eb key on them-just to make it possible to transpose from A to Bb completely.
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That was/is common in Italy - players owned one clarinet and transposed like crazy.

Personally, I think buying another clarinet is preferable to the stress involved in sight-transposing with an Italian conductor listening :^)

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 RE: Difference betwwn A and Bb Clarinets
Author: Don Berger 
Date:   2000-04-18 19:42

Elke - Read the thread and posts below under "Bb Clarinet" to get a better idea of differences among the soprano clarinets, also all of our "good books" with Clarinet in the titles [available from Sneezy sponsors] describe the tonal and playing characteristics of modern insts. Don

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 RE: Difference betwwn A and Bb Clarinets
Author: Kevin Bowman 
Date:   2000-04-19 03:57

And the Italian literature is not known for having lots of sustained notes to sit and think about :) Although, fortunately, most of the Rossini overatures are very scalar.

Still, I agree, the benefits gained from owning an actual A clarinet FAR outweigh the costs.

Kevin Bowman


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