Helge said:
Hello,
>
> I am typesetting a concerto in G major. There are two brass instruments
> (french horns). I am was told that these staves should be written
> without key an without accidentals at the notes. I don't have neither
> experience with playing praxis of horns nor with notation for this kind
> of instruments.
> What is the best way to do this? Should I write it without all the F#
> notes? Or is there anything like transposing from normal notation to
> horn (or brass) notation? AFAIK is transposing the change of all pitches
> by a value, not the change of a selection of pitches, isn't it?
> As an example here are the firs five measures of three instruments
>
> Helge
\version "2.14.2"
CornoOneAllegro = \relative c'' {
\clef treble
c4 c c r | % 1
r2 r8 c c4 | % 2
r2 r8 c c4 | % 3
g4 g g r8 d' | % 4
e4 fis8 e e d r4 | % 5
}
Helge,
I've played horn for a while (albeit for only a third of a century not a
full half century ;) and I would say that while you *may* write it with no
key signature and accidentals where needed, it is not expected by modern
players, who are all quite used to key signatures. The former way was the
norm over a hundred years ago, but not now.
Just let Lilypond do the transposition for you, so if your snippet horn
part is written with concert pitches, write instead
\transpose f c' {\relative c'' {
\key g \major
\clef treble
c4 c c r | % 1
r2 r8 c c4 | % 2
r2 r8 c c4 | % 3
g4 g g r8 d' | % 4
e4 fis8 e e d r4 | % 5
}
}
If those were concert pitches, then, since that horn part will go up to
high c, you need a good high horn player.
Good luck, and thanks for writing more horn music!
--
Tim Reeves
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