I'm trying to help my son sort out a part - it's the first time he's seen bass clef. He's playing with the regional orchestra, a Carmen Suite, and the movement says it's the prelude to Act IV, and between rehearsals A and B is a bottom-line G in bass clef. The question is: does he play this as if it were in the space below the second ledger line in treble clef (fingered open on the F horn), or is he to play an octave lower, which would be very low indeed and fingered 1+3 on the F horn.
If memory serves, there was a change from an "old" to a "modern" notation, and in the old notation one played a fifth below written pitch as one does in treble clef, but in modern notation one plays a fourth up instead - or did I get that backwards? Thanks in advance. -S- _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
