Of course British Brass Bands also don't have the "strange additions" to the brass band ala the wind section that American bands have. Aznd that strange bass the Sousa ;-)
And when we talk British Brass we are actually only pigeon holing it it as this "British" style of brass band is worldwide. Australia, New Zealand, Europe, UK, Canada etc etc yep even USA. I learned brass at age 7 so not although british schools don't do the basic instrument teaching like USA seeem to some places do. ;-) Steve -----Original Message----- From: John Howell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 21 June 2006 5:25 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Finale] trombones >> > >And aren't the British Brass Band trombones not only in the treble >clef but also transposed to Bb like Baritone T.C. in U.S. band music? I believe that's correct. (Which also just happens to make it equivalent to tenor clef!!) But while Steve's comment is quite correct, I'd guess that the number of trombonists in the U.S. who ONLY read Brass Band treble clef can be counted on the fingers of one foot! All beginning school band music has trombones in bass clef. The difference, I think, is that we have school bands almost everywhere as the primary introduction to playing instruments, and the Brits do not. John -- John & Susie Howell Virginia Tech Department of Music Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
