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Selected Orchestral Excerpts for Bass Clarinet with Piano Reduction

The idea of reducing popular and musically satisfying operatic or orchestral works to smaller instrumental forces is not uncommon, but the idea of reducing large scores for the exclusive use of orchestral excerpt pedagogy is. Although there are a multitude of excellent resources detailing how select excerpts from both the clarinet and bass clarinet orchestral repertoire should be performed, no resources for clarinetists or bass clarinetists provide a piano reduction of orchestral scores. Through piano reduction of orchestral scores, bass clarinetists have access to a resource that simulates the experience of playing in an orchestra. Bass clarinetists using a piano reduction will learn the pitch tendencies of the instrument. Consequently, the performer will discover ways to study excerpts in-tune with other instruments that will not compromise for the shortcomings of the bass clarinet. Use of piano transcriptions will also aid with recognition of important moving lines, harmonic textures and rhythmic ostinatos that might otherwise be overlooked by score study and listening alone. Finally, many of the excerpt transcriptions provided are taken from several bars before the primary bass clarinet excerpt, unlike many excerpt books currently available. This provides bass clarinets a more contextual view of an excerpt by facilitating the need to count rests correctly and play solo entrances in the correct style and affect presented by the preceding orchestral material.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc984170
Date05 1900
CreatorsO'Meara, Connor
ContributorsCole, Kimberly, Scott, John C. (John Charles), 1947-, Couturiaux, Clay
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatviii, 142 pages : illustrations, music, Text
RightsPublic, O'Meara, Connor, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.
RelationRecital: January 22, 2014, ark:/67531/metadc848685, Recital: April 16, 2014, ark:/67531/metadc802056, Recital: January 28, 2015, ark:/67531/metadc983958

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