I am editing an 18th Century manuscript for strings, horns, trumpets and double chorus. The piece is in D major, and the horns are written in bass clef. The tuning indication is that the horns are in G:sol.
The first two written notes on the page are A-B, which, if my thinking is correct with the horns pitched in G, the actual sound should come out as E-F#. HOWEVER...the actual pitches that should be sounded are those as actually written (A-B), meaning that the horns really are in C, not G:sol. Unless...does the fact that the horn parts are written in bass clef have anything to do with how the horns actually sound from the written notes, or did the composer just goof and mistakenly mark the horn parts to be in G rather than C? If it helps at all, the trumpet parts are in C. Thanks for your collective wisdom in this forum. Martin Martin Banner Monticello, New York [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
