On 2002/10/13 09:45 AM or thereabouts, Andrew Stiller
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> intoned:
> The difference is, as I explained (for the umpteenth time) in another
> post, that the use of bass clef is simply not obsolete. It is
> absolutely current in the areas where it has been traditional.
Look, Andrew
On 2002/10/12 10:09 PM or thereabouts, Andrew Stiller
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> intoned:
In this case, then, the bass clef is not non-standard, since any
professional bass clarinettist must have a mastery of that clef,
since numerous German works from the standard repertoire are so
notated.
Well
On 2002/10/12 10:09 PM or thereabouts, Andrew Stiller
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> intoned:
> In this case, then, the bass clef is not non-standard, since any
> professional bass clarinettist must have a mastery of that clef,
> since numerous German works from the standard repertoire are so
> notated.
We
> How do you decide if a composer is misinformed? If a composer prefers to
notate bass instruments in bass clef (surely not an illogical
thing to do), I
suppose that could be seen as misinformed by someone who believes those
instruments should be notated in treble clef. Someone of a
differ
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 09:28:17 +1000, you wrote:
> If you were trying to read a score for an ensemble of saxophones, in
>various registers, but all written in treble clef, I would have thought it would
>be a nightmare to actually try to decipher what notes are being played.
A "nightmare?' Com
On 2002/10/12 07:28 PM or thereabouts, Michael Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
intoned:
> If you were trying to read a score for an ensemble of saxophones, in various
> registers, but all written in treble clef, I would have thought it would be a
> nightmare to actually try to decipher what notes are
[John Blane:]
>Don't you mean "sounds" a major 2nd lower?
Yes, I did mean that. Perhaps I was a bit loose in saying "played" a major
2nd lower - but sounding is what I meant. (In other words, I didn't mean that
the player plays the note as if it were written a major 2nd lower than what he
