Originally Posted By: Keith from Oz
Playing around this afternoon, I added a Real Trombone to a song, to play a solo. When I looked at the dots, it was all in treble clef.
I was always of the understanding that trombone charts were written in bass clef.
Is that correct?

No big deal … just wondering...and trying to improve my knowledge.



Hi Keith,


Not always. For instance, brass band trombonists usually read Bb transposed Treble Clef. I certainly play reading bass clef, as do most jazz and classical players. However, it doesn't really matter because it is so easy to print out treble or bass clef parts no matter what was the original clef. I enter most of my BIAB box files using treble clef but print the parts using the Transpose Options of, either "Concert (Base Clef)", or "Melody on Bass Clef - 12".


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