[Dixielandjazz] FW: Lead Sheet website

[John McClernan]

Jim,
The domain of that website is Sweden, where many trombonists cut their teeth in brass bands. European brass band parts are usually all written in treble clef. That's tradition and it facilitates switching to other instruments if the band is short, say, a mellophone or flugelhorn or euphonium player. Even the tuba parts are in treble clef, usually written as two different parts in two different keys - Eb tuba and BBb tuba.

Just read the trombone parts as tenor clef and add two flats to the key signature.
Cheers,
John


On Aug 19, 2012, at 4:32 AM, Jim Kashishian wrote:

Quote from the site:  "The upper section with the chords is for
C-instruments (banjo, guitar, piano, bass), the lower with the melody is for
instruments tuned in Bb (trumpet, clarinet, soprano- and tenor sax,
trombone)".  Dunno why the author has included trombone in those that read
from a Bb chart, which of course is wrong!!