I want to improve my reading skills in bass clef. Can anyone recommend some Étude books for bass clef and/or bass clarinet.
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How's bass clarinet going to help your bass clef reading?
My recommendation goes to bassoon Étude books *although they will go up to tenor clef, so be careful with that* or euphonium books *won't be quite as complex, but either minimal or no tenor clef
I want to improve my reading skills in bass clef. Can anyone recommend some Étude books for bass clef and/or bass clarinet.
Thanks
You can use tons of stuff of the mutopia project - just transpose a bit for the lowest note and have it write in bass clef, et voilà.
The interesting bit in the source of the attached score (bass down to Eb) looks like
(...)
\score { { \clef "bass" \transpose c es, { \prelude } }
\layout { }
\header { piece = "Prélude" }
}
\score { { \clef "bass" \transpose c es, { \allemande } }
\layout { }
\header { piece = "Allemande" }
}
(...)
You don't even have to touch the real score.
Just because a bassoon studies book goes into tenor clef doesn't mean that you can't read the exercises on a bass clarinet. Iffen you are ever called to play bassoon parts on the bass, you will need the practice.
What I have never understood (and still don't) is the need for tenor clef in the first place. With clarinet players and flute players used to stacks of ledger lines up to high-high C, you would think that bassoon players would be able to do the same. Just stack enough ledger lines to make it to the lower end of the treble clef and there you are.
But no...