Horn arrangement question

[Jim Alfredson]

So I can't read music worth a pile of beans, but I wrote some horn parts for the upcoming Root Doctor release. Last time we did this the horn players we hired charted my parts out themselves. This time I need to do it, which isn't a big deal since I arranged the horn parts in Cubase via MIDI and Cubase has a pretty handy score editor.

Anyway, here's my basic question for those in the know (FFA, I'm looking your way!)

Baritone: I'm assuming bass clef? I know tenor is Bb... what is baritone?

Tenor: Bb - treble clef, right?

Trombone: no idea

Alto: I used to play alto, but I forget what it is... Eb?

Trumpet: Have no idea... treble clef, right?

Thanks!

----Jim

Edited June 21, 2007 by Jim Alfredson

[Michael Weiss]

Hi Jim,

All saxophones read treble clef.

Baritone: transpose up an octave + a major sixth

Tenor: transpose up an octave + a major second

Alto: transpose up a major sixth

Soprano: transpose up a major second

Trombone (bass clef) is non-transposing

Trumpet: transpose up a major second

You owe it to yourself to buy a book!

[Jim Alfredson]

Yeah, I know. It's one of those things on my to-do list... That's the downfall of being a completely self-taught musician, I suppose. Joe has been working really hard on sight-reading and reading in general; I really have no excuse.

Except that technology makes me lazy!

Thanks, Michael. I really appreciate the information.

[AllenLowe]

do what Mingus did - hire a sideman to write it out and than punch him in the mouth when he complains - unless he's a guitar player -in that case break his fingers -

Edited June 22, 2007 by AllenLowe

[MoGrubb]

Hell, if it's a gittar player break his fingers anyhow, it's guaranteed he'll "earn" it.

Just kidding.

re: bari

Sometimes it's nice to put the bari in bass clef in the score, where it sounds.

Then when you write the player's part out change the clef to treble and add three sharps,

leave the actual notes in the same lines and spaces. That'll automatically put it in the transposed octave and pitches.

e.g. Concert Eb has three flats, adding three sharps cancels the three flats = C for bari/alto

Concert G has one sharp, adding three sharps = four sharps = E for bari/alto

Note: Don't forget to adjust the accidentals.

Edited June 23, 2007 by MoGrubb