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Old 07-09-2008, 04:36 PM   #16 (permalink)
Dale Proctor
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Re: Why is trumpet music transposed??

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Originally Posted by max3k View Post
That should tell you how lazy trumpet players are....
Hey, I resemble that remark!

That's why I own trumpets pitched in A, Bb, C, D, and Eb. Why transpose when you don't have to? I can do it (just did it on a sight-read piece in church this past Sunday), but I don't like to think that hard if I don't have to.
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