Hi Tim, On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:09:37 -0700 Tim Reeves <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > There is also a discrepancy between the transposition direction > > (down 5th or up 4th). Some scores actually place an ambitus-sort-of > > note at the beginning of the horn staff to indicate the > > transposition direction. > > > > David > > David, > > I am open to the possibility that I'm wrong in some cases, but in > thirty-plus years of playing the horn, I've never seen any ambiguity > in horn transposition like you describe. > Horn in F is *always* sounding a fifth lower than notated. > The only place I know of ambiguity is in parts with bass clef, where > "old notation" means that the pitch as played is a fourth higher than > what is notated, but this is limited to a certain period in history > (i.e. classical period) and is generally discernible by context (e.g. > if the note lower than it is possible to play for a good player, then > it must be old notation). Yes, you are correct. "In all new scores and new editions of old scores, the horn in F always transposes a perfect fifth down" [1] I was just trying to make a point that there are still sources that transpose a fourth up -- it isn't a big deal for this template, just making a small point. > In such cases, I've never seen the ambitus-like notation that you > describe, but I can see how it would be helpful for those unsure of > the notation. I can't remember the exact piece(s) but IIRC, Mahler had done this. David [1] Adler: "The Study of Orchestration" p. 261 _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
