On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 08:16:48AM +1000, Peter Chubb wrote:
> >>>>> "Dirk" == Dirk Lattermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Dirk> Can someone please explain to me why brass wind instruments
> Dirk> don't are notated in C major always? (I guess they're too lazy
> Dirk> to remember the accidentals ;-) )
>
> Becasue the same fingerings can produce different notes on different
> instruments. It's much easier to read and play (especially when one
> has to switch between instruments rapidly) if the notation to
> fingering mapping is always the same. As a recorder player I often
> mistakenly continue thinking `F' instrument (e.g., treble, bass
> recorder) when switching to a C instrument (descant or tenor) -- but
> when I was playing brass, switching between an Eflat and a Bflat
> instrument was easy because the fingerings are identical --- there's
Yes, this I know. But my question concerns the accidentals: brass wind
instruments don't put any accidentals on the beginning of a line, they
are written in each bar directly before the notes. This is what I meant
when I sloppily said "C major".
It's different with clarinets, which are notated after the "fingering
mapping", too. But here, there are accidentals on the beginning of a line.
For a peace in d minor, clarinets in B flat are notated in e minor,
with a sharp sign on the beginning of each line. But for the brass,
it always looks like a minor/C major. Why is this?
Greetings, Dirk.
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