Originally Posted by
massmanute
[snip]Is anyone reading treble clef concert pitch? I would like to develop this skill because it will open up a much wider universe of music to be easily accessible. I have played around a little with this but haven't pursued it very far yet.
I have played with a dixieland band that uses a dixieland fake book - my copy is for C instruments. Since piano was my main instrument for decades, I did a lot of reading from piano parts.
If you're referring to day-to-day reading with the orchestra or bands I play with, the vast majority of my parts are bass clef, some in tenor clef, a few in treble clef (Bb) and finally a part in alto clef every now and then.
Dean L. Surkin
Mack Brass MACK-EU1150S, BB1 mouthpiece
Bach 36B trombone; Bach 6.5AL and Faxx 7C mouthpieces (pBone on loan to granddaughter)
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