I can't resist: the Bb version of the word, "the" is "vjg". Does anyone else find that a bit silly?
Bill > From: John Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:46:00 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Cc: Andrew Stiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Finale] changing clefs in bass clarinet > > 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 > > > -- > John & Susie Howell > Virginia Tech Department of Music > Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A 24061-0240 > Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 > (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
