Hi
A good reference book is by Roger Bornstein "Range and Transposition Guide" which contains said information on just about every instrument in the western world, including those that you mention. The last I heard the book was available only at Judy Green Music in Hollywood, CA.
RW
On Friday, August 27, 2004, at 09:59 AM, Giovanni Andreani wrote:
Hello
I'm working on a series of publications including instruments such as
xylophones, metallophones, bass & contrabass resonator bars,
glockenspiels. These kind of instruments are better known as Orff-
Instruments and are not only used for kids nursery rhymes, but, in a
larger and more complex way, there are very sensational musical works for
Orff orchestra (you can see more at <http://www.studio49.de/>).
These publications are to be ready on September 2004. For a matter of
accuracy, I would like to know what the standard is regarding pitch
notation for these instruments, knowing them as transposing instruments,
especially referring to bass and counter-bass instruments. For example:
the soprano diatonic xylophone's range is c2-a3 (Helmholtz System) - (C5-
A6 where C4 is middle C) but it's written an octave lower positioning the
first instrument's C bar on middle C, making it a transposimg
instrument. The alto xylophone's range is c1-a2, so it not should be
written as a transposing instrument, just using the G clef. The bass
xylophone's range is c-a1 (C3-A4), and here's my first concern: I've
seen parts for this instrument written in bass clef (as a non transposing
instrument) and in G clef (making it one octave lower transposing
instrument). I have same concern for bass resonator bars (same as bass
xylophone's range) and contrabass resonator bass (an octave lower): So,
if there is a standard regarding the use or not on writing pitches for
these (lower) instruments, I would really appreciate to know about. I
have written to Orff Society and Studio 49 but had no feedback. Does
anybody knows something further more?
Thank you Giovanni Andreani
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