Martin, Maybe I am just very simple, but If the trumpets are in C, why should't the horns be? Do you have a score or just parts? If you have a score, it must be a non-transposing ons. A while ago I edited an 1745 oratorio, which had horns in the bass clef, notated non-transposing.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
