Music Help?

    
Music Help?    11:21 on Sunday, January 6, 2008          

KristaB
(8 points)
Posted by KristaB

I've got a sheet that starts off in bass clef but then changes to treble for about 7 measures then back to bass. How would I play those measures in treble?

Thanks in advance.


Re: Music Help?    21:52 on Sunday, January 6, 2008          

Drew
(371 points)
Posted by Drew

Do you know how to read the treble clef? If so, then if we are talking bassoon music here, you will realize that you probably will not want to play anything higher than a B or C above middle C. If the notes in the music go higher than that, see how they sound when you put them down an octave. If you don't know how to read treble clef, you can find many books which tell you how, and you can translate those notes into bass clef for yourself. Basically, middle C on bass clef is the note just above the top of the staff with one line through it, right? Well, middle C on treble clef is the note just BELOW the BOTTOM of the staff with one line through it. So you can use that as a reference and try to figure out what the notes are.


Re: Music Help?    21:59 on Sunday, January 6, 2008          

Fafnir
(6 points)
Posted by Fafnir

The bass clef staff and the treble clef staff are actually connected. A C one leger line above the bass clef staff is a C one leger line below the treble clef staff. That's middle C. You should be able to figure out what note you have to play based on that.


Re: Music Help?    09:37 on Monday, January 7, 2008          

KristaB
(8 points)
Posted by KristaB

Drew: Yes, I do know how to read treble. So let's say the note in treble is a C (The first note in this link on the treble). Would I play my middle C on it, or just ignore the clef change all together and play an E?

Fafnir: Thank you.


Re: Music Help?    11:44 on Monday, January 7, 2008          

contra448
(771 points)
Posted by contra448

You have to play it so that it sounds as written. In your example what you play must sound an octave higher than the bass clef notes.


Re: Music Help?    15:20 on Monday, January 7, 2008          

contra448
(771 points)
Posted by contra448

What is this piece of music that has treble clef in it?


Re: Music Help?    15:32 on Monday, January 7, 2008          

KristaB
(8 points)
Posted by KristaB

The song is To The Secretary Of Good Fortune by Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Link

He made this version for me, so I'd like to play this version right.


Re: Music Help?    03:42 on Tuesday, January 8, 2008          

contra448
(771 points)
Posted by contra448

That looks tricky. Bar 17 is way off the top of the ladder for most of us! Have fun with it.


Re: Music Help?    05:31 on Tuesday, January 8, 2008          

tenorclef
(3 points)
Posted by tenorclef

No disrespect intended to Dennis but does he know what a bassoon can do? And no disrespect intended to you either Krista but, if you have to ask how to read this music, do you know how to finger that high? I know that I don't. As Contra has just said - Bar 17 is seriously tricky. If you can play this you're not far away from the opening of The Rite of Spring. Now that's my real ambition...


Re: Music Help?    05:53 on Tuesday, January 8, 2008          

KristaB
(8 points)
Posted by KristaB

Lol. I know, it's really hard. It's one of the things I intend to learn how to play.

<Added>

The range I can play is the lowest Bb to the highest Bb.


Re: Music Help?    15:45 on Tuesday, January 8, 2008          

contra448
(771 points)
Posted by contra448

I think many professionals wouldn't be able to get that high G.


Re: Music Help?    20:50 on Tuesday, January 8, 2008          

KristaB
(8 points)
Posted by KristaB

Probably not. Well, I'll just put that aside as a goal to shoot for. Instead I'll work on something else. Thanks for the help everyone.


   




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