FW: Re: clef transposition: tenor -> bass

[Ralph Little]

Hi,
I've just thought of a good example, and sorry if I sound patronising :(

Say you wanted to score a piano-accompanied solo for tenor trombone.
A tenor trombone is usually "pitched" in Bb.

You could enter the music for the trombone in concert pitch.
So for a C scale:

\relative c' {
        c d e f g a b c
}

You could do this in tenor clef and bass also:

\relative c' {
        \clef tenor
        c d e f g a b c
}
\relative c' {
        \clef bass
        c d e f g a b c
}

The notes will appear in different places on the staff, but ultimately
the notes are actually the same.
Two trombone players reading the tenor and bass clef will end up playing
exactly the same sounding notes.

*However* this is no good for accompanying by the piano.
The tenor trombone is a Bb pitched instrument.
You will have to transpose the C scale for it to match the C scale on
the piano - the trombone's C is a Bb on the piano.

\relative c' {
        \transpose bf c {
                c d e f g a b c
        }
}

You could still do this in tenor or bass clef. Again the notes are the
same, they are just notated differently.

\relative c' {
        \clef tenor
        \transpose bf c {
                c d e f g a b c
        }
}
\relative c' {
        \tenor bass
        \transpose bf c {
                c d e f g a b c
        }
}

Hope this helps and I hope I got the transpose the right way round :P

Regards,
Ralph


> That's true, but for those players that can't "read" tenor clef, I
have 
> to write it into bass clef, which is more common in trombone sections 
> and can be read from all players
> 
> The following staff should afterwards have a bass clef with all the 
> notes on the appropriate interspace/line, so that it can be read from 
> players that can only "read" bass clef!! How can I reach this?
> 
> staffTrombone1 = {
>     \key c \major
>     \clef tenor
>     \relative c' {
>         c d es f     
>         ...
>     }
> }
> 
> \book {   
>     \score {
>         \staffTrombone            
>         \layout  {  indent = 0\mm }
>     }
> }

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