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trumpetnick · 01-19-2007, 05:22 AM

Hi, Manny!

Yesterday I was going through my orchestral excerpts book and everything was OK till I get to the E flat cornet part....which was starting the big cantus firmus on the high a (above the staff) going up to the C# which is kind of high for orchestral music...and then there was this soli a 2 in crochets going up to the top e which is g in concert pitch. I am transposing up..or should I transpose down? I remember this Schostakovitch Sym. 1 3rd trumpet part in F where the conductor asked me to transpose down...What is the case in the fantastic symphony? Even if played on the soprano cornet top e is kind of high, right? And getting played it by two cornets will create also some intonation troubles...it is not that easy to control intonation up there...Do you have any tips for this? It is hard enough to get the notes and yet how do you get 2 people to play unisson up there?

01-19-2007, 05:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
trumpetnick Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Vidin, Bulgaria Posts: 967	Berloiz Fantastic Symphony E flat cornet part Hi, Manny! Yesterday I was going through my orchestral excerpts book and everything was OK till I get to the E flat cornet part....which was starting the big cantus firmus on the high a (above the staff) going up to the C# which is kind of high for orchestral music...and then there was this soli a 2 in crochets going up to the top e which is g in concert pitch. I am transposing up..or should I transpose down? I remember this Schostakovitch Sym. 1 3rd trumpet part in F where the conductor asked me to transpose down...What is the case in the fantastic symphony? Even if played on the soprano cornet top e is kind of high, right? And getting played it by two cornets will create also some intonation troubles...it is not that easy to control intonation up there...Do you have any tips for this? It is hard enough to get the notes and yet how do you get 2 people to play unisson up there? __________________ Spada Bach B flat 72, leadpipe 2L/DWMM1.5C Spada Bach C 256, leadpipe 2LQ/DWMM1.5C 1956 Olds Ambassador Cornet Spada Custom Piccolo If you don't know where you are going, you 'll end up someplace else