Re: [Finale] Horn parts

[Aaron Sherber]

At 02:53 PM 1/24/2003, dumusic wrote:
>My understanding is that all parts written in the bass clef are written at
>concert pitch, contra bassoons and string contrabasses excepted, which both
>transpose down an octave. Some where (maybe in Walter Piston's
>"Orchestration") is a discussion about horn parts written in the bass clef
>being written an octave below the desired pitch.

Old style horn notation in the bass clef is not an octave below the desired *sounding* pitch, but rather an octave below the expected written pitch. That is, F horn written in the treble clef sounds a fifth lower than written, but F horn written in bass clef sounds a fourth higher than written.

Aaron.

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