Cellists don't use alto. Bass, tenor, and occasional uses 8ba treble. Horns read bass clef, two different ways.
Doublebasses read bass, treble and, tenor (all 8ba). Of course, nobody else matches trombone's four clefs. But horns and trumpets have transpositions all over the place, of course. Trumpeters learn to double transpose - as we discussed earlier on this list - playing E parts on Bb trumpets - D parts on A Piccolos, etc., etc. But only one clef! (Actually, I think there are a few instances of bass clef in trumpet parts.) Ray Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra ------ Original Message ----- From: "Michael Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 1:27 PM Subject: [Finale] Re: Clefs > >This raises a totally tangential issue -- why aren't more clefs taught > >in music lessons at an earlier point? Why is it only those who seem > >destined for collegiate music study who ever are taught about clefs? > > Question for you, David -- you play trombone, right? Most woodwinds only > need to know one clef. Bassoons excepted, I suppose, and I think there are > some old bass clarinet parts written in F clef. Violas need to know treble > and alto, and I guess cellos have to know those plus bass. What other > non-keyboard instrument needs to know more than one clef? > > I can't remember not knowing how to read a grand staff (thanks to very > early piano lessons). I don't know why C clef always gave me fits when I > was studying composition in college. I forced myself to learn it by > singing along with the viola part in symphonies; then I noticed that a > trombone in tenor clef, doubling a Bb trumpet at the octave, played on the > same lines and spaces. In our score-reading classes we'd get 18th century > choral scores that were written in soprano, alto, and tenor clefs. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
