In a message dated 10/12/02 5:13:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << if it is in bass clef, it is played a major 2nd lower. Considering the pitch range
of the instrument, I would have thought the bass clef to be the better choice, and the one I would prefer.>> Don't you mean "sounds" a major 2nd lower? <<Is there a particular reason why the use of bass clef should be surprising? >> Well, to me, yes. I have never seen it written in bass clef for starters. It seems to me that the traditional use of its transposition is to avoid the bass clef altogether, similar to the tenor and bari saxes not written (but clearly sounding) in the bass clef. I should add that the Eb Contra-alto and Bb Contrabass Clarinets, both being lower instruments than the Bass Clarinet are also (to my knowledge) written in the Treble clef. I suppose there are always exceptions but they are normally by, as Mark Lew pointed out, mis-informed composers. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
