Hi Robert, That's part of it. I think it also has something to do with the mindset new music requires. As Christopher says, he has trouble playing jazz written in C-clef. I think it's a similar thing with a lot of NYC new-music specialists — that they have no zero playing older music in C clefs, but there is something about new music (especially keyless, highly chromatic and/or rhythmically complex) music that makes many younger players feel more comfortable when it's written predominantly in bass clef, rather than changing clefs every time you might otherwise end up with a handful of ledger lines.
Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Apr 13, 2014, at 8:43 PM, Robert Patterson <rob...@robertgpatterson.com> wrote: > Too many ill-considered clef changes is indeed a complaint worth paying > attention to. > > The use of C-clefs is interesting in the case of bassoons and cellos. It > seems the players are much more comfortable in those clefs if they are > playing in a high range on their instruments. In common practice music, > this was the principal use for C clefs on those instruments. > > By contrast classical tenor trombone parts are in tenor clef almost > entirely throughout the range of the instrument, and alto trombone parts > are similarly (effectively) 100% in alto clef. This is why I singled > trombonists out as being particularly comfortable reading C clefs. > > > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Darcy James Argue <djar...@icloud.com>wrote: > >> On Apr 13, 2014, at 8:25 PM, Robert Patterson <rob...@robertgpatterson.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I guess when Beethoven does it, no >>> one complains. >> >> Right. To be clear, these players are only talking about C clefs in new >> music. And I actually think most of this is actually a proxy complaint for >> "too many ill-considered clef changes." >> >> Cheers, >> >> - DJA >> ----- >> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
