Am 29.01.23 um 18:20 schrieb Wol:
On 29/01/2023 10:03, Mark Knoop wrote:
I think Wim may be referring to the various standards of transposing the
B-flat bass clarinet.
- either in bass clef a major 2nd higher than sounding (as in this
Strauss excerpt)
IME (I'm a trombone player) this is extremely unusual. I've met maybe
two pieces (could have been the same one twice) in bass clef Bb.
That's in 50 years of playing ... Even worse, it was without key
signature (ie all parts had accidentals only) and it didn't say it was
transposed...
Every instrument has its own (sometimes historically quite involved)
notation conventions.
Bass clef for bass clarinet is not mentioned in Strauss-Berlioz (Study
of instrumentation), but e.g. Rachmaninoff uses it routinely (2nd
symphony, Symphonic Dances, Isle of the Dead). I'm certain Werner will
be able to provide more details :-).
Lukas
