Clarinet in A and B flat are not supposed to be paid doubles in this local.
You could just write it all for Bflat clarinet and have him fumbling with awkward fingerings to save the orchestra a couple of bucks, but I don't think anyone would be happy with that. Christopher On Sun Mar 16, at SundayMar 16 8:12 PM, J D Thomas wrote: > I had a phone conversation with a client earlier today. And the topic of > doublings came up. This is going to happen in a live situation, not in the > studio. He is going to have a situation where the two clarinets are going to > most likely be playing both Bb and A clarinets. Someone from NYC checked > into it for him and told him that the two clarinets were considered the same > under union doubling rules. > > I am a member of Local 47, Los Angeles, and I told him if a player picks up > another instrument and plays it on a session, it's a double. Period. He > argued that this was not the case with classical performances and reiterated > that the two clarinets are considered the same. I countered that they were > not, and he was getting erroneous information. > > I'd like to hear what everyone knows on this issue. I did many, many > sessions in LA when I lived there for 21 years. Both live and recorded. But > I will admit my memory is foggy; I've been out of LA for over 13 years. But > I do recall that if a played picks up another axe, it's a double. > > Any and all opinions are most welcome. > > J D Thomas > ThomaStudios _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
