I have enjoyed reading all the wise advice on transposition, and I
certainly agree that understanding the system is of prime importance.
What do you recommend for atonal music that does not follow a key-based
system? Is it best to notate these horn parts as though they were in F
(written a fifth higher than sounding)? Or would players, in this case,
prefer an untransposed part showing the actual concert pitches? I have
always written such parts in F, but I am prepared to change. What is
the common wisdom here?
By the way, the allegro movement of my horn and orchestra piece (concert
on Feb. 4) is in D major, and I originally notated the solo part for
horn in D. Later, on the advice of a professional horn player, I
rewrote the part for horn in F.
David Lamb in Seattle
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