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Re: Bass Clarinet in C?

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-05-15 20:20

Every player with pretensions to professionalism learns the
Bb-to-C transposition. In "standard" music, I can do it pretty well.

Nevertheless, when the harmony gets weird (or the music is atonal), transposing takes significant effort, which is not available for music-making. I went looking for a C clarinet after playing the flute part in the Trio Sonata from Bach's Musical Offering and tying my mind in knots in the slow movement. I could transpose it, but only by shutting out everything and everyone else.

I'm not a bass specialist, so reading cello parts generally (let alone when they go into tenor clef) requires significant effort. If I found a bass in C, and had the money, I'd buy it in a minute. I'd love to be able to play continuo without thinking too hard.

Ken Shaw

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