Horns in D should sound a minor seventh lower than written: an octave lower than the transposition you are using.
Best wishes, Michael > On 28 Jan 2015, at 17:04, Martin Banner <mbanner...@aol.com> wrote: > > I am currently preparing a modern performing edition of an 18th Century > Italian sacred work for chorus, strings, oboes and two horns. > > Looking at the written horn parts, they appear to be in D, since the key > signature for the composition is D major (2 sharps), and the horn parts are > written with no key signature (first note is written on third space above > middle C, which should sound concert D fourth line. > > When I enter the horn parts around the second and third spaces above middle C > (in treble clef), the note heads appear in yellow. The C and D above middle C > playback correctly, but the fourth space E (and anything higher) do not play > back. The playback is a step higher than written, which works in the key of D > major. > > Is there something is Score Manager transposition that I can do to get all > the notes to appear in black and play back? Should the playback of these > notes sound an octave lower hovering around middle C? > > All you horn specialists (and I know there are some of you out there who have > been of great help to me in the past), please weigh in on this and help me > figure this out. > > 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
