I thought the tradition was to not use key signatures for horns. (Scores I have here are consistent with that.) But I'm not a horn player, so I'm sure someone might have a more complete answer.
-- -James ------------------------------------------------------------ James Cooper Composer, classical guitarist, songwriter www.ModeZ.com ------------------------------------------------------------ On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:43 AM, David W. Fenton <lists.fin...@dfenton.com>wrote: > I'm researching an edition of a Mozart Mass from 1843 that includes > an added horn part (i.e., the original had no horns). The score has > it listed as "Corni in F" and the key of the piece is in F, but the > key signature for the horns is the same as for the non-transposing > instruments. > > There aren't any Bbs anywhere in the piece, so it doesn't matter, but > to me, this is the wrong key signature, since it's notated > transposing so that a C sounds F. > > Is this something that was common? > > -- > David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com > David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > -- _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
