At 1:31 PM -0400 10/24/05, Andrew Stiller wrote:
On Oct 23, 2005, at 11:02 AM, John Howell wrote:
When I include EEb and BBb contra parts in an arrangement, I write
them transposed as for a normal member of the clarinet family, but
I always wonder whether a player will be able to read those parts.
Worry no more. Nobody plays contra clarinet as their first
instrument. Every single contra player that you encounter will have
started by learning to play the ordinary clarinet--in the treble
clef, transposing.
Good point! Although there was a girl in our older son's high school
band whose instrument was an EEb contra (and whose family could
afford one!). But yes, she probably played at least one year on Bb
soprano.
John
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