Klarinet Archive - Posting 000363.txt from 2001/01

From: "Tim Roberts" <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] transposing
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:04:37 -0500

On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:37:39 +1100, Keith Game wrote:
>
>Most (maybe all, I'm not sure) transposing instruments are either woodwinds
>or brass. Some of the most commonly encountered are:
>Clarinets - usually in A or Bb, but often in C or Eb as well
>CorAnglais/English Horn - in F, I think
>Trumpet - usually in Bb
>French Horn - in F (?)

Although acoustic scientists have made great strides in recent years, the
actual concert key of the French Horn remains one of the great undiscovered
mysteries of our time.

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- Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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