Re: [Finale] Clef trick

[John Howell]

Actually it wouldn't work for a Bb bass clarinet, but might for an 
EEb contra-alto.  But the bass-clef-for-an-Eb-instrument play is an 
old one.  It was included in the original Hal Leonard (when they were 
getting started) 6-part arranging scheme for marching band, so bari 
could read off tuba parts, and I probably learned it from that in 
about 1951.  Of course if you're actually transposing at sight, you 
have to mentally add or subtract 3 sharps or 3 flats--I could figure 
it out, but it's too late!  The last two summer we haven't tracked 
down a bassoonist for our summer musical, and the book has been 
played on bari.

John
At 8:54 PM -0300 6/23/04, Taris Flashpaw wrote:
Works nice for Bass clarinet too.
Taris
At 06:52 PM 6/23/2004, you wrote:
I'm not sure how I stumbled on it (maybe here?), but I found that 
specifying the bari sax staff to be displayed in bass clef makes it 
far easier to read when I'm looking at the untransposed score -- 
the low A is only 2 leger lines below bass clef, instead of 8 (!!) 
in treble. When it's transposed, the proper clef is displayed, as 
defined in Staff Attributes/Transposition. This is a nice trick to 
know when you're transcribing Tower of Power!

Giz

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