On Mar 25, 2005, at 11:34 AM, Carlberg Jones wrote:
At 9:59 AM -0500 3/25/05, Martin Banner wrote:Anyway, the piece includes two tromba parts written in alto clef.
Wouldn't it be a little strange to have trumpet parts in alto clef?
Trumpeters originally specialized in different registers of their instrument, and used different clefs. The 18th c. is a bit late for this typology, but there still would have been a distinction drawn between "clarino" and "principale" trumpet playing. The latter extended no higher than e'' (and seldom above c'') and thus would fit easily into the alto clef.
To the best of my recollection, the five original types of trumpet specialty were notated in Tr S A T B clefs respectively--when they were notated at all. The "basso" in 16th-17th c. trumpet bands played nothing but low c (or the equivalent note for trumpets in other keys), the "vulgano" above that played just two notes, and the "alto e basso" just 3.
Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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