IIRC "Till Eulenspiegel" and the end of "Die Walküre" call for a D clarinet. Not sure why that would be preferable to an E-flat.
Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Daley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <finale@shsu.edu> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] errors in instrument.txt and ensembles.txt > On Jun 6, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote: > > > Nor, for that matter, do I see much sense in attempting to > > differentiate D and Eb clarinet sounds > > I cannot imagine how difficult it would be to transpose a D clarinet part > while playing Eb clarinet. > > As a clarinet major, I had only heard of A, Bb, C and Eb clarinets. > > But, I have done a lot of transposing. I played Eb (soprano) clarinet in > the Army band for 3 years. I often had to transpose Db piccolo parts when > there was no written Eb part for me. > > I also had to transpose C piccolo parts, but I often didn't play a lot of > notes. That one is much harder ;-) > > My band's famous conclusion to a concert in Germany: The Stars and Stripes > Forever, with 3 piccolos and an Eb Clarinet standing up on the next to last > chorus doing the obbligato. Then everyone would stand up for the last chorus. > > That was 40 years ago, but I had that thing so memorized, I could probably > still play it today ;-) > > Phil Daley < AutoDesk > > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
