Transposition (Bb Bass Clarinet to Bb regular Clarinet)
Transposition (Bb Bass Clarinet to Bb regular Clarinet)
13:43 on Sunday, May 27, 2007
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theperson108 (59 points)
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Ok, I have a piece of music, a jazz piece incase your wondering, and it has four parts. I was hoping to play it with two of my friends, but it calls for four parts. The fourth part, unfortunatly, is a bass clarinet part. None of us has a bass clarinet (except for the school one, but that's disgusting) and I need to transpose it so that we could fit in another part. Now, I know that the bass clarinet is in Bb like the regular clarinet, but it just so happens that it's in a bass clef. I haven't had much experience playing in the bass clef, so if someone could tell me how many half steps it would take for a bass clarinet (Bb), playing in a bass clef, to be an octave higher in the key of a regular clarinet (Bb). So, basically, transpose both the clef and octave so it's playable by a regular clarinet and should sound in key. (And don't worry, I'm doing this in a computer-compusing system, so I'm not writing this all out).
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Re: Transposition (Bb Bass Clarinet to Bb regular Clarinet)
18:59 on Sunday, May 27, 2007
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laeta_puella (344 points)
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bass clarinets written in treble clef sound one octave below a soprano reading the same part, (so an octave and a step down from written pitch, or whatever)
but bass clarinet written in bass clef sounds just the step down.
since you're staying in the same key, don't worry about the differences from sounding pitch and written pitch, just the octave. pretty much, just visualize a piano staff, and take the part up an octave. so, 2nd space C on bass clef becomes C under the treble staff. this will put it at standard written pitches for bass clarinet. when you play the part on a soprano clarinet, it will sound an octave higher than actually intended, but considering the range bass clarinet parts are typically written in, particularly when they serve as the bass voice in a small ensemble, you probably won't be able to take it down an octave.
i hope i helped! (i also hope i got it right, i've never actually done this for real. i'm only logic-ing my way through it )
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Re: Transposition (Bb Bass Clarinet to Bb regular Clarinet)
20:13 on Sunday, May 27, 2007
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Re: Transposition (Bb Bass Clarinet to Bb regular Clarinet)
20:54 on Sunday, May 27, 2007
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Re: Transposition (Bb Bass Clarinet to Bb regular Clarinet)
07:34 on Tuesday, May 29, 2007
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Re: Transposition (Bb Bass Clarinet to Bb regular Clarinet)
08:15 on Saturday, June 16, 2007
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Re: Transposition (Bb Bass Clarinet to Bb regular Clarinet)
11:00 on Saturday, June 16, 2007
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Re: Transposition (Bb Bass Clarinet to Bb regular Clarinet)
01:34 on Sunday, June 17, 2007
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