Like I said, we are getting a bit smart-ass for the original poster, who
has a community orchestra that goes down to middle-schoolers. Some
shows are published with school editions, but obviously this one isn't,
or hasn't been yet. But John is used to making adjustments, and will
have to make one sort or the other for the English horn.
When my first reply didn't show up, I revised my reply on the low C bass
clarinet from "Pro symphony players will often have one" to "... usually
have one," when I remembered that I noticed that not only has our
full-time bass clarinetist had one for many years, but also our local
substitute has one.
It sounds like cellists are having to know three clefs, instead of just
two, and to know treble in two different octaves. Poor kids. When they
get to four clefs, treble in two octaves and in Bb, then they'll be
caught up to trombonists!
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RBH
Eric Dannewitz wrote:
Raymond Horton wrote:
John Howell wrote:
> (1) I was surprised to find that the bass clarinet parts (the
primary instrument out of 4 in the Reed 4 book) is clearly written
for a low C bass clarinet, and the bottom >three notes are used a
LOT! Our bass clarinet player discovered last night that most of
those low notes are doubled by cello, so he'll just take them up an
octave, but my >question is whether low C bass clarinets have become
as common as low A bari saxes outside NYC? It's a cinch that nobody
around here has one.
Pro symphony players will often have one. Tremendous sound -
Khachaturian Piano Concerto is one of the best examples that require
it, along with many other Russian scores.
Every reed doubler I know who is called to do lower reeds owns a bass
clarinet with a low C.
> Also, there are no ossiahs to make the English horn passages
playable on oboe, as there are in a lot of other Broadway scores.
Has this become common?
Because an oboe is is no replacement for an English Horn. You can
usually find a good oboist that doubles. Certainly NYC wasn't
worried about it. (Don't you just HATE smart-aleck answers like this
one!) Perhaps you could rent your oboist an English Horn?
Again, any double reed players out there who do the stuff a lot have
their own English horn and Oboe, or can get them on short notice. I
mean, for double reeds, you have to have both. It's like a flute
player NOT having a piccolo.
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