Very good, Dan. Thank you very much. -S-
> -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > du] On Behalf Of Dan Phillips > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 6:31 PM > To: The Horn List > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] OT: Notation of various transposing > brass instrumentsnow and then > > On Oct 10, 2005, at 6:25 PM, Steve Freides wrote: > > So why is this student trombone part written at concert > pitch and not > > in B-flat? > > > Trumpet and horn parts were transposed so that the player was > always looking at the same written pitches as being open > partials, that is, written c1 is always 4th partial, > regardless of the sounding pitch. > Since the trombone has always been a fully chromatic > instrument, there was no need for that. The downside is that > alto trombone players need to get used to notes being in > different slide positions than on a tenor. The same goes for > tubas - the instrument has always had valves, so when tubists > change between instruments in different keys, they have to > use different fingerings. Trombone and tuba parts (except in > British brass band notation, that is) are always written in C. > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steve%40fridays > computer.com > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
