The traditional order is horns above trumpets. The horns got there first, and the trumpets, often playing along with timpani, followed. The order remains that way because of tradition, and because the horns play more with the WWS (esp. bssns) than do the trpts. No good reason to change it.
Other than some score that use unusual instrumentation and a totally different order, I don't recall any orchestral works that put trpts above horns on the page. Can anyone name any I should know of? Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Finale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Score Order > [Ray Horton:] > > >2) Any other order can be disputed. Standard orchestral order really can't > >be. > > > >For an example of what I mean by 2), look at brass trio scores (trp, hn, > >trb). Most will put the trpt above the horn, but a few (Poulenc is one, I > >believe) put the horn on top to follow orchestral convention. One might > >prefer the former, but one really cannot argue with the latter. > > For that matter, haven't there been occasions when trumpets were put above > horns in orchestral scores? Given that, within each division, instruments are > listed in order of descending pitch, isn't there an argument for putting > trumpets above horns? > > Regards, > Michael Edwards. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
