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Re: Brass in school etc.

To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Brass in school etc.
From: njh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Nigel Horne)
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 18:31:42 GMT
Organisation: Wharfedale Computers Ltd.
Priority: low
Reply-to: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> > It is only brass bands that advocate the treble clef for lower pitched
> > instruments.
> 
> Simply untrue.  Bass clarinetists (except in Germany) read treble 
> clef, as do baritone sax players.  Classical guitarists also read 
> treble even though their instrument sounds an octave lower.

Not to mention tenor singers who happily sing either treble or bass clef. They
just get on with the job rather than complaining about learning two clefs.

> David

-Nigel

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