Even more frustrating is when two different clefs are employed on the same line with old notation. You will see horn C on the first ledger line below the treble staff, followed by a bass clef second space C and assume new notation, only to find impossible notes later on. Not great for sight-reading a gig. One does need to examine the entire part and use logic.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alex Damon Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 7:53 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Bass clef Hello all, An offhand comment on the list a couple days ago prompted me to bring up the following question: I have been aware for a while now that in music written for horn in bass clef there are two different notations; "old bass clef" which skips an octave and the more correct "new bass clef" notation. What is confusing me is, when bass clef comes up, how to tell which is being used? I know it would be simplistic to ask for the specific year/month/day that the world suddenly switched from one to the other, but is there at least a generally recognized period when the newer notation became common? Thanks for any help on this, 'Pilot Al' _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/pandolfi%40deerfield.edu _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
