In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "d. collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Thanks to all for the advice. This is for a modern edition, so I don't >really know who will be playing it. Certainly not symphony trombonists. >Probably many will play the part on another instrument if the ensemble >doesn't have a trombone player. The original being in C4, I could keep the >original clef (but will the average early music performer be happy with >this?). The only "modern" clef I could use would be the octava G clef (used >for tenor parts). Are instrumentalists used to this clef? Or is it only >singers who read it? 'Cellists have to read this in some 19th C. parts (Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Beethoven?) but since they also have to know tenor, there is no reason to use it. I dislike it, even singing (but I don't even try to sing tenor any more). British brass band trombonists were (are?) brought up on Bb transposed treble clef, but mostly know the trick of reading tenor as treble by adding two sharps. I was taught this c. 1948. In the same way, Eb bass tuba players in brass bands read bass clef bombardon parts as transposed treble. -- Ken Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.mooremusic.org.uk/ I reject emails > 100k automatically: warn me beforehand if you want to send one _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
