A few hours practice again should fix that.įWIW: instruments written in bass clef play in concert pitch, and instruments in different keys use different sets of fingerings (or slide positions). Only "problem" was that my mental pitch sense still wanted to hear what I was seeing as bass clef at times so missed a couple higher pitches. When I recently sat down and played a rehearsal on BBb (after about 6 years of not playing at all) I just thought of it as if i were reading a standard Bb treble part a'la treble Arbans. It was always easy for me to cover Eb parts on BBb by using the fake bass clef mode. An advantage of using this system is that if one were to change instruments, say a Bb cornet player needing to play Eb soprano or Eb tenor horn, or a Eupho player covering Eb tuba, they could instantly play the right fingerings as with the parts transposed already what was written always took the same fingering ie, a " C" is always "open" and a "Bb" always 1st. The Eb tuba part can be read as bass clef by adding 3 flats (and adjusting accidentals as appropriate) just as one can read an Eb horn part as bass clef in this manner. (and yes, the two tuba parts are often somewhat different). With the exception of bass trombone, which in the past was generally played on a G trombone with parts written in bass clef written at 'concert' or sounding pitch, all instruments are in Eb or Bb.Įb soprano cornet, Bb cornet, Eb tenor horn, Bb baritone and Euphonium, Bb trombone, Eb and Bb tuba. Tuba parts are written in treble clef and are transposed as appropriate in the written part. This is standard for "treble Clef" transposing instrument part writing such as Eb, F, D horn or Eb, D, C, or Bb trumpet, or Bb Eb, or A clarinet. Here's how it works in "British" brass bands.
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