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RE: Cb and Fb on Bb Clarinets?

Author: Douglas
Date: 2001-04-11 20:49

Fred, you would be better off playing the oboe part on the A clarinet and playing the oboe part up a minor 3rd. The key signature for the clarinet would be 3 sharps. Otherwise, if you must use the Bb instrument, think in the clarinet key of Ab (enharmonic to the theoretical G# major which is what would result if you had a key signature of 8...yes...8 sharps.) If you use the key signature of Ab, you would actually be putting the oboe part up a diminished 3rd which is equivalent to the usual "put it up a major 2nd". This all gets a bit complicated, so you would probably want to write the part out.

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