Klarinet Archive - Posting 000644.txt from 2003/03

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Key signatures
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 14:43:45 -0500

Wasn't that because they were natural horns and the key was taken care of
via transposition - if you used the correct horn, it should generally have
been in C by design (in which case the "empty" key signature would have been
correct). When we get 20th Century (or more recent) pieces without key
signatures, it's most of the time because the piece is atonal, polytonal or
changes tonal center too often to make changing the signature worth the
(figurative) effort.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Leeson [mailto:leeson0@-----.net]
> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 1:48 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Key signatures
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> In the 18th century (and it extends up to today) French horns were
> written that way; i.e., always in written C major with the accidentals
> specified.
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> Dan
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> Raycraft wrote:
> > Our community band is curently playing a piece,
> > "Sinfonia for Winds", by Frank Erickson, in which
> > there is never a key signature marked, and everything
> > is in accidentals. I have to keep reminding myself NOT
> > to try and remember which key we are in, but just play
> > whatever is written!
> > Sue
> >
> > From: "Dan Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
> > Subject: Re: [kl] Key signatures
> >
> >
> >
> >>Let me suggest a weird key signature, by Mozart of all people.
> >
> > he writes the clarinet part in the key of written c major and
> then adds the
> >
> >>sharps for f and c as the notes occur in the parts.
> >>Dan
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