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Re: Rossini Oveture Question

Author: echi85
Date: 2017-08-13 03:33

Personally, I would play the whole thing on A. I use my C clarinet regularly but if there's a quick switch where intonation will suffer, I will transpose of whatever clarinet I'm currently on.

I often find that I'm in easier keys as well. For example, if you transpose the Barber of Seville C clarinet part on A, it puts you in Bb major instead of A major. Just change the key and read bass clef. It works great for a lot of Rossini and Donizetti operas.

I've often wondered why composers wanted C or D clarinets, but I do try to use them when I see it. In this case, I would say for certain the solo sounds better on A vs C as it uses more open hole notes and also keeps you in G major vs E major. You would run into a pinky problem if you played the solo in C.

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