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Re: Notation of french horn
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Notation of french horn |
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Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:16:14 +0200 |
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Josiah Boothby <address@hidden> writes:
> You're not far off, actually, and Wagner did this for his horns and
> trumpets (and Wagner tubas). He knew he was writing extraordinarily
> difficult horn parts for players who were playing technologically new
> instruments, and he knew that early adopters of the valves were very
> accustomed to transposing. So not only did he end up eschewing key
> signatures (they would only confuse the poor horn players!), but he
> took advantage of our little mind games: writing for Horn in A or Bb
> doesn't actually make the high notes easier for a valved horn, but
> horn players seem less likely to choke on the high notes when they
> don't have ledger lines to scare them.
How do you get a violist to play tremolo? Write "Solo" above the
passage. Thank you, thank you, you are so kind. What a great audience.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: Notation of french horn, (continued)
- Re: Notation of french horn, Jonas Olson, 2012/04/24
- Notation of french horn, Timothy Reeves, 2012/04/25
- Re: Notation of french horn, Josiah Boothby, 2012/04/27
- Re: Notation of french horn, Jonas Olson, 2012/04/27
- Re: Notation of french horn, Tiresia GIUNO, 2012/04/27
- Re: Notation of french horn, Josiah Boothby, 2012/04/27
- Re: Notation of french horn, Jay Anderson, 2012/04/27
- Re: Notation of french horn, Tim Roberts, 2012/04/27
- Re: Notation of french horn, Josiah Boothby, 2012/04/28
- Re: Notation of french horn,
David Kastrup <=
Re: Notation of french horn, Tim Reeves, 2012/04/30