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> Les McCormack and others were discussing transposition: > > >> Transposing is a major trauma for most french horn players. > > > >That's not my experience. For older music in particular > >French Horn parts are often written in keys other than F. E flat and D > >parts are common (Classical stuff) as are parts written in E, C, G and > >A (Romantic stuff). you must also add B and B-flat (high and low) and C (high and low). Point is that for band, F can muddle through, but orchestral parts require all the other keys. It cannot be gotten around unless *all* publishers agree to reprint all horn parts for 17th, 18th and 19th century works. This is, of course, not going to happen. It is too bad, really, since the historical necessity is long since gone. However, traumatic or not it must be...horn players cannot live in orchestral work without being able to transpose fluently, and in all keys. > Maybe we should teach our young players to read in one key as a matter of > course. It is not a pedogogical question, but one of practical necessity. As Les pointed out, French Horn players are expected to read in > several keys, and all the french horn tutors I've looked at (well, all 2 of > them) have sections on transposition. If you investigate more, you will find that virtually all have this. > It's different when you are older (where have all the grey cells gone?) and > trying to alter a habit of many years standing. I think you will find that at the beginning the process is slow, but as you become more familiar with it, things get much easier very quickly. A systematic approach is best, I think. That is, don't wait for a part to come up, but incorporate regular work in transposition into your practice routines, starting with the most common "other" keys. (E, E-flat, D and low C). Later, B-flat (low), G and B natural. The high C is rather a special one, mostly for the 17th c. descant parts. I believe there is a rare need for D descant, but I am not sure of this. best ======================================================================== Ed Forner Macalester College Music Department St. Paul, Minnesota 55105 *** e-mail: forner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx voice/v-mail: 612 696 6189 Fax 612 696 6785 ======================================================================== -- unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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