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Re: treble clef for all

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Subject: Re: treble clef for all
From: Adrian Drover <saxhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 08:27:40 +0100
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On 26 Jul, <THoward34@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> In response to the question about why the Bass Trombone was not put in
> Treble Clef is, I believe, that the original Bass Trombone was pitched
> in G and was not easy to transposde and write inti Treble Clef.

??? It's easy to transpose alto flute in G up a 4th. What's so different
about the G trombone, besides being pitched an octave lower than the G
flute? It just needs to go up another octave. The Bb bass transposes TWO
octaves and a major 2nd!

> It has  also been suggsted that in the early days the G Trombone did not
> require to learn treble clef beacuse they only needed 1st and 7th
> position which were usded alternately!

????? You're either pulling our legs, or someone's been pulling yours.

Adrian

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