Re: Baritone and treble clef

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Sumbler" <address@hidden>
> 2) I may
> be mistaken, since I am not generally involved in performing vocal
> music, but I think it would be unusual for a baritone to be expected to
> read treble clef. I am sure that most can, but that is hardly the
> point: I used to be a flute-player, and I could easily have read my
> music in bass clef (performing the necessary 1- or 2-octave
> transpostion), but in 55 years I was never expected to.
>
> David


You are mistaken.  Baritone singers read music in treble clef all the time. 
A speak as one who has been singing from both bass and treble clef for 
40-odd years.

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Phil Holmes