Author: Sean.Perrin
Date: 2011-12-13 16:05
For me, I prefer to read sharps and double sharps to flats. I don't know why; it must just be personal preference. The best solution here would be a bass clarinet in A, but those aren't so common anymore.
I see no problem with writing it in "flats" even if the orchestra is in sharps. It's the nature of the instrument. It happens all the time.
In addition, please use a standard key signature with accidentals. Why? Because players practice the "real" keys, and it makes far more sense intellectually to have some sort of logical "key" as the basis for your fingers, even if it's not technically in that key and there are accidentals all over the place.
Personally, I love new music. But I find non-standard key signatures to be pretentious and inconsiderate of the performer.
EDIT: I second the above motion to just transpose the whole piece. It sounds like it's written in a difficult key for everyone just for the sake of being in a hard key.
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Post Edited (2011-12-13 16:14)
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