Author: William
Date: 2010-11-02 14:53
Unless you "suffer" from perfect pitch, why would you ever *need* to hear a band play in concert D?? There is a reason why most band literature doesn't exceed concert Db or concert C--the arrangements would be too hard for most amature bands to play and publishers couldn't sell them. In all my years of playing in bands & orchestra's, most of the only times I've ever had to play in "those" keys were in theatre pit shows were some diva lead singer could only sing in a key full of sharps for the clarinetist.
FWIW, some years ago, I do remember seeing an arrangement of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto for wind band written in the original key of concert A with the Bb clarinet playing in the (clarinet) key of B. If you really want personal "pain", go for it. Or, you could just use your A and let the band suffer by themselves--LOL.
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