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Author: Curinfinwe
Date: 2010-01-02 00:45
I was wondering if anyone has played this and can tell me if there's a bass clarinet part for it? Wikipedia tells me that it's scored with three clarinets, but I don't know if that's two sopranos with bass or three sopranos.
My youth orchestra is going to be playing this later in the year and I'm the main second clarinetist and only bass clarinetist (we have another second who plays about one less technically difficult piece per concert tour). So I usually play second but play bass when needed. In the concert tour coming up we'll be playing Rachmaninov's Second Symphony and the Sinfonia de Requiem, and I've already got the bass part for the Rach. Has anyone played here played the bass part for that before? It'll be the first time I've played the bass part for such a huge work. Is it indicative of a bass clarinet part for a symphony?
Sorry for so many questions! I'm in a bit of a rambly mood.
Anna
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Author: DAVE
Date: 2010-01-02 02:54
With the Rachmaninov, make sure you have the transposed part unless you like to work really hard...
Is the Britten piece the same as "The War Requiem"? Or is it a different piece. I'm pretty sure the War Requiem has a bass clarinet part and maybe an E flat part. I played it some years ago... I think I may have played E flat on it.
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Author: Curinfinwe
Date: 2010-01-02 02:59
Yes, I have the transposed part. Luckily. My bass clef reading skills are shaky at best, but improving, and my transposing from A to Bb skills are just starting to exist. If I had to combine the two I'd be in trouble...
And I think the War Requiem is different.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2010-01-02 04:31
From the Britten-Pears Foundation website:
3 fl (III=picc & bass fl), 2 ob, ca, 2 cl in B flat, bass cl (=cl in E flat), alto sax (ad lib.), 2 bn, dbn-6 hn (V, VI ad lib.), 3 tpt in C, 3 trbn, tuba-timp, 4 perc (bd, cymb, sd, tamb, whip, xyl)-2 harps (II ad lib.), pf-str
Totally different piece than the War Requiem.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2010-01-02 14:58
Anyone that wants to play bass clarinet as a profession should learn to read bass clef and to transpose from bass in A in both clefs. Use the Bach cello suites to perfect your bass clef reading, you could begin with an intermediate bassoon or cello method book and practice transposing every day for 10-15 minutes each day in treble clef, then you can begin doing that in bass clef after you learn bass clef well. After a while it becomes second nature. The same with transposing C clarinet parts. You should do A one day and C the next. Just think of horn and trumpet players that learn to do that from and into all kind of keys. It's not that difficult to do once you set your mind to it. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: Curinfinwe
Date: 2010-01-02 15:01
Yes, I've started learning. I only just picked up bass clarinet in late September and I have a trombone method book that I borrowed from a friend. It's very useful! And I can transpose C to Bb, Bb to C and Bb to A but I'm still working on A to Bb.
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Author: donald
Date: 2010-01-03 09:31
I've performed the Alto saxophone part for this piece, i don't recall the bass part being particularly exposed or difficult.
dn
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