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Re: Baritone/Baritone

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Subject: Re: Baritone/Baritone
From: Alastair Wheeler <alastair.wheeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 23:40:47 +0000 (GMT)
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On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Trond Otto Berg wrote:

<snip>
> saxofones), I think that the German/Norwegian naming-tradition is the
> most corect, historicaly speaking.  (elsewhere the brassband is the only
> place without any alto-instument).  
> 
> While using the German/Norwegian tradition we got the choir-setup of
> SATB (cornet, Eb Alto-horn, Bb Tenor-horn, C Euphonium)  (The trombone
> and the Tubas are then additional parts) But, due to the arranging
> tradition in the brassbands the euph are not playing the bass-role, but
> a "pavarotti"-role, and the tubas are the bass instruments.  On this
> background we can say that the english naming-tradition is corect, but
> WHERE ARE THE ALTOS?   

i) In a band with 10 cornets, it would be silly to have them all on the 
soprano (treble would be a better term here) part (in 4 part harmony)  
Normally the alto part is taken by the higher 1/2 horns, 1st trombone, 
back row cornets (perhaps not rep) and possibly flugel

ii) Consider the soprano Eb cornet, a Bb cornet is effectivly an alto 
cornet (nothing to do with alto trombones here!) so a Flugel is an alto 
horn in this scheme of things.

> 
> -- 
>   Trond  Otto Berg
>   Principal
>   Stranda Music School, Norway

-- 
  Alastair Wheeler
  Euphonium, Bass Trombone
  Alastair.Wheeler@xxxxxxxxxxxx   http://users.ox.ac.uk/~newc0349/
  "I am following my fish"


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