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Author: Ebclarinet1
Date: 2025-07-31 23:08
Was wondering if a pdf of the bass clainet part to Rites of Spring in treble clef is available. If so, I'd love one
Eefer guy
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Author: kdk
Date: 2025-08-08 17:45
David Spiegelthal wrote:
> It is originally in treble clef.
If David has a part that's all treble clef, that may the answer to your question.
First off, are you looking for Bass Clarinet I (which is bass all the way through) or Bass Clarinet II (which is a double within the Clarinet III part)? In the parts I've played from (and the ones on IMSLP) they both have bass clef in places, treble in others. The bass clef wouldn't be hard to read - a lot of repeating pattens that you could use as a pretty good tool for learning to read b.c.. The florid stuff is all in treble to begin with and, fortunately, both parts are entirely in Bb - no bass in A.
I doubt there's a commercially produced treble clef part. But one could be produced using notation software. It would be tedious. If you own Finale, Dorico, or Sibelius (or probably MuseScore), you could do your own transcriptions of the sections you need. Just consider first the difficulty of the passages you're considering and whether with a few note names penciled in you could manage without the clef change, then do a change on the places you don't feel comfortable with.
I suspect players have done this for themselves. But no one here has so far responded, so I strongly suspect you're on your own (unless David has a part that is all-treble).
Karl
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Author: Ebclarinet1
Date: 2025-08-15 18:07
There are sections that are in treble clef, like the duet with Eb clarinet, but the rest of my part is in bass clef. Bad notation by Stravinsky. If he were consistent, that duet would be played an octave higher!
David, if you have a copy of an all treble clef part, I would love one!!
EEfer guy
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2025-08-15 23:23
Sorry all, I was mistaken, the part I've got is a mixture of bass and treble clefs. Should have remembered, played the piece less than 6 months ago. I downloaded it from the IMSLP site.
Best advice, just learn to read bass clef - if I could do it, anyone can.
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Author: kdk
Date: 2025-08-16 00:00
What part do you need to play, and when?
Karl
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Author: Ebclarinet1
Date: 2025-08-16 06:06
I can read bass clef but it's so much easier just to play it like a normal clarinet! I occasional will play a note as if it were written in treble clef.
Eefer guy
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2025-08-16 19:43
Yeah, but if you intend to play more bass clarinet in the future, there's a fair amount of orchestral repertoire in bass clef, so it's a good thing to get comfortable reading it.
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Author: kdk
Date: 2025-08-16 21:13
Besides, if it's only a problem of occasionally misreading a note, that's something that normally happens on first read. You're not going to sight-read Rite of Spring at your first rehearsal, and as you practice the part you'll be able to iron out any of those glitches.
Karl
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