On Jan 9, 2004, at 4:47 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
Raymond's point about horns is good, because they are played often in what
I think of as the viola range. I have to admit to using the tenor clef in
the conductor's score for long horn passages in that range.
By tenor clef here, I assume you mean the 8vb treble clef. That was my thought when I read about the difficulty of horn range being between tenor and bass clefs. I suppose the viola's alto clef would also be a reasonable choice.
Speaking of which, in these C scores that we're talking about, does the banishment of transposition also entail banishment of clefs other than treble or bass? In other words, are violas no longer in their usual alto clef? If so, what are they in instead?
My main background is vocal, with plenty of experience in SATB. I confess that on the rare occasions I write for string quartet, I tend to put the viola in a 8vb treble (which looks like "tenor" to me) while I'm writing ... but I always switch it back before any string player gets to see it!
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