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Re: Transposing Bassoon To Bass Clarinet

Author: maxopf
Date: 2015-02-03 07:45

I know Eb instruments can read C bass clef easily since the notes rest in the same places on the staff, and Bb instruments can read tenor clef in the same way, but I'm not sure about Bb instruments reading bass clef.
You could always re-write the part transposed to Bb if C bass clef is giving you issues.

I'm playing my first C clarinet part in my youth orchestra right now, and I've found that it helps to focus on reading the music in terms of intervals rather than in terms of note names. Just read the intervals between the notes (seconds, thirds, fourths, etc.) but in the different key. So I'd read a major chord more like "root third fifth octave" instead of "C E G C."
It also helps to know your concert pitches well.

Post Edited (2015-02-03 08:14)

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