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correct clef-reading in Rite of Spring for bass clarinet

Author: PeterinToronto ★2017
Date: 2023-03-16 09:31

Hi everyone,

Hope you're all doing well around the world! I'm going to play the 2nd bass/3rd clarinet part in Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, and have been doing a bit of hunting to confirm how to read the clefs in the part (bass and treble). As near as I can tell from recordings, you play the bass clef as usual (so C on second space is thumb 123) and I'm guessing treble is where it sits, and not up an octave. So a Bb on the middle line would be a throat Bb.

Can anyone confirm that?

And a small bonus question for anyone interested: it's been on my mind to confirm the end of Daphnis, with what I've always played as an unmeasured trill in sections, despite it being written in that sort of "2-slash" notation between 8ths that could mean 16ths.

Thanks a lot for any insights!

Peter Stoll in Toronto

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