Patrick: 1. You are absolutely right.
2. The battle was lost, decades ago, unfortunately, although the solution was never bass clef for separate tenor lines, it was tenor clef. Tenor clef fought a good fight but died in the early 20th century. Learn to deal with it, as with all arbitrary notational conventions, of which there are many. (Try reading the 2nd trombone part in most Shostakovitch symphonies symphonies - low tessitura, alto clef = leger lines below the staff.) No logic sometimes, just strange traditions, but the performer has to deal with it. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Patrick Sheehan < patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > To All Choirmasters out there: > > > > Part of my work for the past 10+ years has been accompanying for high > school > choirs, where at times we will perform a mix classic and new serious > literature as well as some of the popular alternative choices that are in > the catalogs today. > > > > What bothers me in reading, is that now 75% of the time in the printed > music > of today, the tenor staff (part) is in treble clef (with or without the 8 > below the clef). I personally think that that clef is absolutely > unpractical, and should never be used. When I play part summaries in > rehearsal (no accompaniment, just al the parts) in rehearsal, it bugs the > absolute hell out of me that the tenor part is in treble "8" clef, because > I > expect to see two staves in treble (soprano, alto) and two in bass (tenor > and bass). My question is: WHY is this treble "8" clef used in printed > music today when it used to be printed in bass clef most of the time. And, > does this bother anyone else, and do you agree that it should be abolished? > > > > Patrick J. M. Sheehan > Music Director, Instructor: Woodlawn Arts Academy > > P. S. Music > > <mailto:patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com> patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
