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Re: wrong transposition of horn


From: Han-Wen Nienhuys
Subject: Re: wrong transposition of horn
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 01:14:11 +0200

address@hidden writes:
> > The purpose of using bass clef is making parts easier to read by
> > eliminating ledger-lines.  "Old notation" defeats the purpose.
> > Sadly, this bad practice is even perpetuated by some notation
> > handbooks who advocate it on the grounds of being "unambiguous".
> >
> > (thus spoke the typographically inclined hornplayer :-)
> 
> Well, I've *never* seen a full score with horns in F (or other keys)
> which transposes down if in bass clef.  It's always up a fourth.  Do
> you have an example?

I've played from parts in this style, but I haven't held on to them.

Playing old clef just sucks; do me (and fellow horn players) a favor,
and don't use old notation.

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 Han-Wen Nienhuys   |   address@hidden   |   http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen 





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