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Author: dave4cal
Date: 2024-02-04 08:45
Is there a transposed bass clarinet part available for El Salon Mexico by Copland? The original is mostly in bass clef, and I am not going to be able to pull that off. Before I spend a bunch of time putting it into Finale and then transposing it, I was hoping someone has already done that!
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Author: Djudy
Date: 2024-02-04 18:46
When I need a quick transposition I use the android app Notate Me Now and it's purchased add-on PhotoScore Now on my Samsung tablet : you photo the pages of the source score and import the interpreted images into the editing function, correct any mis-readings (original and photo need to be very clean), choose your transposition preference and instrument and play it back with the original score to find any errors (by ear) before deleating the source line. The score exports in the app format, pdf or image file. A lot less work than re-entering the score by hand. Only thing I haven't managed well is getting the transposed score to fit into the same number of pages as the original, seems to not fill up the page as much. Otherwise a very useful tool. While I have not had to deal with your exact problem I would bet you could find a work-around by chosing a target instrument that scores in the treble staff.
Post Edited (2024-02-04 18:50)
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Author: MusikFind1
Date: 2024-02-04 21:15
No transposition yet posted on the MOLA site.
There is this correction to be made.
bass clarinet Reh. 24 meas.3 beat 1
missing 1/4 rest
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Author: dave4cal
Date: 2024-02-20 02:40
I did it in Finale, using SmartScore to scan. Was just hoping it had already been done!
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Author: dannys
Date: 2025-03-06 02:25
Dave, would you be willing to share your transposition? My community orchestra is playing this soon and our bass clarinetist doesn't read bass clef.
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Author: symphony1010
Date: 2025-03-06 11:57
In the long term bass players must learn to read bass clef.
A good place to start is with the Weissenborn bassoon studies. These can be found on IMSLP here https://imslp.org/wiki/Bassoon_Studies,_Op.8_(Weissenborn,_Julius)
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Author: dannys
Date: 2025-03-10 11:57
symphony1010- that is an admirable goal but it is simply not feasible in the case of most community orchestras, especially on such short notice.
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Author: symphony1010
Date: 2025-03-10 12:38
For the future, a gentle nudge in the right direction wouldn't hurt or they're going to spend a lot of time writing out music!
The link I sent is a good starter and the player should thanks you for it.
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Author: lmliberson
Date: 2025-03-11 01:47
Learning to transpose is always feasible. It’s a skill every orchestral clarinetist should have in their toolbox, regardless of the level of orchestra in which one participates.
In fact, short notice is the prime reason for developing this skill!
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Author: kdk
Date: 2025-03-12 19:33
dannys wrote:
> symphony1010- that is an admirable goal but it is simply not
> feasible in the case of most community orchestras, especially
> on such short notice.
The point, I think, is that the next time won't be as short notice unless trying to learn to transpose is put off until it is again a short-notice emergency. Anyone who plays bass clarinet, whether in a community or a professional orchestra, has reason to learn to read bass clef and to work on transposing bass clarinet in A on a Bb instrument. There is too much bass in A in the standard and slightly off-standard orchestra literature. And there's lots or repertoire involving bass clef, sometimes even Bass Clarinet in A in bass clef. And most of the published sets of parts don't include transposed/transcribed parts.
Learning to handle those parts only makes life easier for the player down the road. Probably not for the upcoming El Salon Mexico performance but for other pieces in other programs.
Karl
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