Thank you all for your replies. Due to time constraint I have not
investigated yet.
I am under the impression that trumpets would prefer flats. The
piece will be rehearsed twice, then the performance later ( ie.
Wednesday 28th)
so I wanted to make it as foolproof as possible.
However, I have "shown" all accidental as it's only 4 bars anyway.
I made the tpt. staves independent key sig. and went to the Key sig.
tool to change it. E maj. was showing but, of course , I coudn't
change to F flat -
the idea being that the transposition would show as G flat for
tpts. , if you get my drift.
Thanks again,
Stan Lord
On 26 Nov 2007, at 18:55, John Howell wrote:
At 6:24 AM -0500 11/26/07, dhbailey wrote:
Carlberg Jones wrote:
At 10:28 PM +0000 11/25/07, Stan Lord wrote:
I have 4 bars in E maj which transposes to 6 sharps for the
trumpets.
I think they would prefer 6 flats.
Wouldn't that be eight flats?
Would it be clearer to use accidentals instead of a key change?
No, it wouldn't be 8 flats -- the original key of E (4 sharps)
transposes to F# (6 sharps) for Bb trumpet. Gb (6 flats) is the
enharmonic equivalent of F#, so he just wants to put the trumpet
music in Gb for some reason.
It's been my experience that trumpet players have no more
difficult time with 6 sharps than they have with 6 flats. It's
just changing one problematic note (E#) for another problematic
note (Cb). Either key will be difficult for less-experienced
amateurs, and neither key will be a problem for more advanced
amateurs or professionals.
But since it's only for 4 bars, I'd be very tempted not to actually
change keys for those 4 bars and simply to use accidentals as
needed instead. Of course it depends on what happens just before
and just after. It the trumpets have already been in sharps, a
change to flats might actually be counterproductive in terms of
sightreading, but if they've been in flats it would make good sense.
A general note: If you're writing for strings, 6 sharps is much
better than 6 flats, and there's nothing metaphysical about it.
Six flats forces the hand down into half position, while 6 sharps
keeps it in a more natural position. In either case you've lost
your open strings anyhow.
John
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