What is the tessitura of the parts? Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Lawrence <yateslawre...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought that the horn in a basso was an19th century instrument (used > mainly in opera) and that I'm the 18thC it would have been alto. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 20 Aug 2014, at 09:39 pm, Michael <launay-c...@gmx.net> wrote: > > > > There are two types of horn in A: alto (the more common, sounding a > minor third below the note written) and basso (rare, sounding an octave and > a minor third below the note written). Maybe the double treble clef > indicates that a horn in A basso is required, although (as far as I know) > it would be an unusual way of doing this. > > > > Michael > > > > > >> On 20 Aug 2014, at 19:22, Martin Banner <mbanner...@aol.com> wrote: > >> > >> I have a manuscript (combined choral/orchestral score) that has two > >> "horn in A" parts indicated for the piece which is in A major. So > >> three sharps for the concert pitch (C) instruments, no signature for > >> the horn parts. No problem. > >> > >> The horn parts are written with a double treble clef, which I > >> understand to mean sounding an octave lower than written, similar to > >> the tenor voice part that uses a treble clef with an 8 underneath. > >> > >> The first written pitch in the manuscript is 3rd space C and middle C, > >> for the first and second horn parts. Using Finale transposition as > >> horn in A, the actual sound is a third below the written. What should > >> the actual sound be? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Martin > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
