[Dixielandjazz] Sharps and Flats

[Stephen G Barbone]

Hey, all you jazz players. Quit moaning about how tough it is to play  
in the multi sharp or multi flat keys. Hard to finger? Tough noogies.  
Practice, practice, practice. Get a steady gig with a classical  
orchestra where the music goes into those keys as a matter of routine.  
<grin>

Hey Randy F, How about starting a list of classical works in 6 or 7  
sharps or 6 flats, etc. Or explaining what these classical guys are  
saying below. <grin>

Cheers,
Steve Barbone



Below quoted from the Trombone List - July 15, 2008 on a key signature  
thread.

"What? A signature of 8 flats (ie with B flatted twice to a Bbb?)  
Really?"

"I've played Bb transposing treble clef in 7 flats before, which I  
suppose is technically equivalent to 9 flats in concert pitch. And  
I've mentally transposed concert pitch 7 sharps into Eb tuba  
transposing treble clef, which is effectively playing in 10 sharps (ie  
F, C, and G are double sharps) but I've never seen an example of a  
signature beyond 7 sharps or flats written down."

THE ABOVE ANSWERED BY THE FOLLOWING POST:

"The Randall-Mantia Arban's in bass clef has exercises in 8 flats  
since they simply transposed the trumpet books which go from 6 sharps  
to 6 flats (4 sharps to 8 flats transposed into C Bass Clef) The  
Randall Mantia version has problems because of this since orchestral  
music often travels into 6 and 7 sharps and the poor trombonist  
trained using this method never sees 5 or 6 sharps."

"That has supposedly been fixed in the newer Alessi-Bowman version. I  
don't have one so I can't comment."






Quote from: MoominDave on Jul 15, 2008, 05:46am
The Randall-Mantia Arban's in bass clef has exercises in 8 flats since  
they simply transposed the trumpet books which go from 6 sharps to 6  
flats (4 sharps to 8 flats transposed into C Bass Clef).  The Randall- 
Mantia version has problems because of this since orchestral music  
often travels into 6 and 7 sharps and the poor trombonist trained  
using this method never sees 5 or 6 sharps.

That has supposedly been fixed in the newer Alessi-Bowman version.  I  
don't have one so I can't comment.
  Logged
Bruce Guttman
Solo Trombone, Hollis Town Band
Section Ldr, Merrimack Valley Philharmonic Orch.