SubCategory Archive (tags): ‘Transposition’

Transposition Tricks: Old vs. New Notation

PUBLISHED: August 26, 2008, Bruce Hembd

A detailed description of bass clef notation for French horn. Since posting a blog on concert-pitch bass clef transposition, I have been getting a lot of Google hits on the topic of “old” and “new” bass clef notation. This style of notation – not related to transposing concert-pitch bass clef music – is distinct to [...]

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Transposition Tricks: Alto Clef

PUBLISHED: August 5, 2008, Bruce Hembd

Sight-reading viola music. At some gigs, you never know what will be put in front of you. Some contractors are either ignorant or care less about what transposition the French horn is pitched in, and will expect you to play from any part handy, regardless of pitch, key or clef. On rare occasions I am [...]

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Transposition Tricks: Bass Clef

PUBLISHED: July 20, 2008, Bruce Hembd

An old trick for reading concert-pitch bass clef. Many times at freelance gigs, I am expected to play at sight all sorts of music – including trombone, trumpet, viola and piano parts. Over the course of my 20-something-year career, I have figured out a few tricks that work like a charm for me. In “Sometimes [...]

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Transposition Tricks: Sometimes Up is Down

PUBLISHED: May 26, 2008, Bruce Hembd

The oddball “up” transpositions for the French horn. In the world of Opera there is hardly a dull moment when it comes to the French horn parts – you experience the entire range of possible transpositions. One area of particular confusion, are three transpositions: F-sharp, G, A-flat and A. (Yes, that’s right… I did say [...]

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Horn in H

PUBLISHED: February 28, 2008, John Ericson

A topic that comes up periodically in my teaching is horn in B-natural. Many horn players I am sure are confused the first time they see “Horn in H” in their part. This is the German notation for horn in B-natural; for horn in B-flat it will be notated horn in B. The use of [...]

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