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Author: bionicbill
Date: 2009-09-28 22:21
I am getting ready to play the bass clarinet part for the Sibelius Symphony No. 6. The part is transposed to B flat, but is in bass clef. Before I spend a bunch of hours transcribing the 5 pages of music, does anyone know where I can find a treble clef part to this piece?
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Author: LarryBocaner ★2017
Date: 2009-09-28 22:36
Just learn to read bass clef! If you are going to represent yourself as a bass clarinetist and accept gigs on that noble instrument, you are living a lie if you can't play in bass clef!
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Author: falkenberg
Date: 2009-09-28 23:29
I agree with LarryBocaner - and I also get a certain head-achy feeling...soon you'll see non-transposed parts, bassoon parts, A and B tuned bass clarinet parts (oh yes), cello parts and whatnot. You'll consider the transposed bass clef to be a real treat within short.
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Author: OmarHo
Date: 2009-09-28 23:56
I'm only in high school and I did Prokofiev # 5 bass clarinet part last year as written, so I'm sure you can do it too. I used to practice bassoon etudes (but don't worry about the extra trouble of having to move up a tone) leading up to the performance.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-09-29 00:20
I have to agree with Larry B, just learn how to read bass clef. Use this opportunity to learn it. You'll spend more time writing it out then you will learning how to read it. If you have to pencil in a few notes for now than do so. Learn by interval, scales, thirds, etc. In a few hours you'll have a good foundation. ESP
http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: donald
Date: 2009-09-29 03:00
A friend of mine recently overcame her "Bass clef phobia" in order to play Bass clarinet in an orchestra.... she found it very difficult when learning the first page, easier by the 2nd and after that found out that... lo and behold, she could read bass clef (after years of avoiding it at all cost).
to quote from Starsky and Hutch...
"just do it, do it"
dn
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2009-09-29 03:58
I agree with everyone up above. I also had "bass clef phobia" and it really limited my playing, but once I started reading bass clef parts, it became second nature after just a few weeks.
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Author: graham
Date: 2009-09-29 10:29
Indeed. I found recently when trying to read a treble clef part which went down to bottom C, C sharp etc, that to my astonishment it tripped me up. I then realised that most examples of notes that low arose in bass clef parts, and in bass clef they are very readable. Anyone who has played piano or sung bass already has a head start.
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2009-09-29 11:34
Although I agree that a bass clarinet player will benefit greatly from learning to read bass clef, it would be nice if somebody could answer bionicbill's immediate question, too. It's unrealistic to expect him to learn bass clef well enough to read it in public in time for a performance that's in rehearsal right now.
Lelia
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