Paul Scott wrote:
> For woodwinds this description is not at all practical partly for the
> extension reason you mentioned below. Not counting the B foot on a
> flute or the low A on many baritone saxes the only woodwind I know of
> that has a C for its full length is the flute. Saxes and oboes s
In message <7ba1cb89-6dd8-4258-aa23-32ba97b5f...@gmail.com>, Simon
Bailey writes
this happens in dutch symphonic wind music a lot as well. the trombone
parts are supplied in Bb treble-clef (transposed), Bb bass-clef
(transposed) and C bass-clef (concert pitch). i've only ever seen it
in dutch
On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 11:23:51AM +0100, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
>
> What do you mean by an "open" valve? To me it means the valve is
> depressed and the associated tubing is brought into play, which it
> shouldn't be. It's probably best said as something like "with the
> instrument in it
Paul Scott wrote:
> There are also orchestral bass clarinet parts written in bass clef so
> that the transposition is a second rather than a ninth.
The really nice parts are the ones written like this for bass clarinet
_in A_, so you have to read the bass clef and transpose at the same time...
wol,
On 6 Apr 2009, at 12:23, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
Transposing instruments are named according to the fundamental
(known on some brass instruments as the pedal) note.
On a woodwind instrument this is normally the note obtained with
all holes covered without over-blowing or
In message <49d996bb.9090...@ultrasw.com>, Paul Scott
writes
Ian Hulin wrote:
Hi all,
O.K here goes, I've pruned some bits out where we were getting into
acoustics, and tweaked a few bits.
Cheer
Ian Hulin
(snip)
Transposing instruments are named according to the fundamental
(known
Ian Hulin wrote:
Hi all,
O.K here goes, I've pruned some bits out where we were getting into
acoustics, and tweaked a few bits.
Cheer
Ian Hulin
(snip)
Transposing instruments are named according to the fundamental
(known on some brass instruments as the pedal) note.
On a woodw
Hi all,
O.K here goes, I've pruned some bits out where we were getting into
acoustics, and tweaked a few bits.
Cheer
Ian Hulin
Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
1.64 Concert pitch
The convention (standardised by ISO 16) states that A above middle C represents
the note at 440 Hertz. This is common
