Bariton T.C. and Euphonium

[chikitin]

Hi there,

I am writing a piece for the brass section. I was wondering the GPO or JABB countain Bariton T.C. or Euphonium in the libraries.

I am using finale 2007. Any suggesions would be greatly appreciated.

[reberclark]

Baritones and Euphoniums are included in Concert and Marching Band (two whole racks of both!) but not in GPO. Don't know about JABB.

As far at making a treble clef Baritone part in Finale 2007 - I just save the bass clef part as "Baritone TC" then go into Staff Attributes and change the transposition box to "Up a 2nd plus an octave" (same as Tenor Sax). Works great.

[raz.bari.88]

Evil T.C., me like B.C.:wow:

Anyway, the only Garritan library that has baritone and euphonium sounds is CAMB, neither JABB nor GPO have either sounds.

[reberclark]

I agree with Raz. TC Baritone is good for educational/transitional purposes (moving a trumpet player to baritone, etc) but I much prefer bass clef for baritones/euphoniums.

[Leaf]

I didn't know if TC meant Treble Clef or Tenor Clef, is there a different abreviation for Tenor?

Check this out, they have a Baritone Clef listed under the Tenor Clef:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clef

I don't think i'll ever be using that one.:)

[ALynn]

Baritone TC is for sissies who used to play trumpet and are otherwise incapable of learning the proper cleff. :D

Granted, I am a horn player and only play euphonium as a second instrument and played it in our college brass ensemble whenever we were missing a trombonist, but I can only play euphonium in bass clef and can't read it in treble to save my life, even though the horn is in treble clef 99% of the time. For whatever reason I just can't get the upward 9th transpotion and my ear to mesh with TC writing for baritone.~|

[Raymond62]

........ but I can only play euphonium in bass clef and can't read it in treble to save my life, even though the horn is in treble clef 99% of the time. ......

Reminds me of the pianist who only could play on a black piano.

Raymond

[raz.bari.88]

Actually, there are some pretty good cases where T.C. baritone or euphonium comes in.

1) Trumpet player converts :rolleyes:

2) British brass bands (almost everything is in treble)

3) Old school drum corps with horns in G (again, everything in treble)

4) You are playing something really boreing, like pomp and circumstance, and you want something to keep you occupied.

Anyway, I think knowing both bass and treble are good skills to have. I can play both clefs, but B.C. is easier for me.