Sop, clar, bass clar, violin, cello for me too, no question.

Steve P.

> On 11 Jun 2018, at 20:32, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> Forgot bass clarinet, I’d put it under the clarinet.
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> J D Thomas
> ThomaStudios
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> 
>> On Jun 11, 2018, at 12:28 PM, Michael Edwards <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> [Michael Meyer:]
>> 
>>> A student of mine wrote their end-of-year composition project for my Music
>>> Theory class for soprano accompanied by clarinet, violin, bass clarinet,
>>> and cello.
>>> 
>>> For a chamber group, what order would you put the instruments in? It seems
>>> weird to put them in strict orchestral order (which would put the soprano
>>> in the middle, and I would think she should be at the top).
>>> 
>>> Happy to hear opinions! Thanks!
>> 
>>    I think I would put the soprano at the top, but the rest in normal 
>> orchestral order.
>>    I have an idea that chamber music does usually follow orchestral order, 
>> with a few exceptions - such as piano (when present) at the bottom, or a 
>> solo singer at the top.
>>    If I recall correctly, Schubert's Octet has the score arranged in the 
>> order: Clarinet; Horn; Bassoon; Violin 1; Violin 2; Viola; Cello; 
>> Double-Bass.  (The Horn is another exception to orchestral practice - put 
>> above the Bassoon, in average order of descending pitch, so classifying all 
>> the wind together.)
>>    Beethoven's Septet (with almost the same instrumentation) does similarly 
>> in copies of that score I've seen.
>>    So I would feel safe in doing what I just listed above.
>>    Hope that helps a little.
>> 
>> Michael Edwards.
>> 
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