In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andrew Stiller writes: >Trumpeters originally specialized in different registers of their >instrument, and used different clefs. The 18th c. is a bit late for >this typology, but there still would have been a distinction drawn >between "clarino" and "principale" trumpet playing. The latter extended >no higher than e'' (and seldom above c'') and thus would fit easily >into the alto clef. > >To the best of my recollection, the five original types of trumpet >specialty were notated in Tr S A T B clefs respectively--when they were >notated at all. The "basso" in 16th-17th c. trumpet bands played >nothing but low c (or the equivalent note for trumpets in other keys), >the "vulgano" above that played just two notes, and the "alto e basso" >just 3.
Very interesting. I had come across trumpet specialisation, but had assumed that it applied to 15th and 16th centuries only. Do you know how many trumpet bands survived into the 17th C.? and when the last disbanded? -- Ken Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.mooremusic.org.uk/ I reject emails > 100k automatically: warn me beforehand if you want to send one _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
