(maybe) Odd question regarding instrument names

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Magister Tekton
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Re: (maybe) Odd question regarding instrument names

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As an old Clarinetist, if there's both Bb and A Clarinets in the score I'd have liked then to be demarcated. If it's just Bb Clarinets, then "Clarinet" seems reasonable. Some Clarinetists just transpose the "A"-part on the Bb instrument on the fly...I was never that accomplished.
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