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List of instruments

THe following list is printed here for convenience of reference. The names of the more commonly used instruments are shown in heavy black type. Obsolete instruments' are starred thus,-

The two semibreve-notes after each instrument give its upwardand downward compass in actual sounds? Extreme notes are shown in crotchet-heads.

The square note that follows the two compass-notes is the note which we should have to write it we wished the instrument to produce

the sound middle-C—

It therefore indicates at a glance whether the instrument is a "transposing" or a "non-transposing" instrument and, in the former case, what the transposition 1s. Thus the square note

appears opposite BASSOON, and shows that if we want the Bassoon to sound middle-C we must actually write that note. In other words, it is a non-transposing instrument. On the other hand, the square note

appears opposite DOUBLE-BASSOON, and shows that if we want that instrument to sound middle-C we must write a note one octave above that sound. In other words it is a transposing instrument, and it sounds an octave lower than its written part.

It is important to notice that the square note is only a symbol which gives the student a ready means of seeing the transposition, that is to say, the method of writing for each instrument. It has nothing to do

1 Only recently-obsolete instruments, such as the student may possibly come upon in Full Scores, are marshalled above. Schalmeys, Pommers, Bombards, Curtals, Dulcians, Rebees, Fipple-flutes, Cromornes, and all the rest of the mediæval musical brigade are held in reserve.

2 This method of defining the compass of transposing-instruments an actual sounds is Throughout the rest of the book the method of mentioning only the written notes of the transposing-instruments is adopted. The transposition into actual sound is always understood. This is the plan customary with all orchestral and military-band musicians.

with the instrument's compass. The actual sound, middle-C, may or may not exist on the instrument. That can be found out from the two compass-notes.

In the right-hand column the clefs proper to each instrument are given. For fuller information as to their use and as to the extreme compass-notes the student is referred to the technical details under each instrumental heading.

Compass and transposition clee or clees. (if any) instrument

98007 Bass- and tenor-clef

* Tenoroon

Bass-clef

*Serpent

Treble-clef

Cuckoo Instrument

Valve-trumpet

Treble-clef

in A

7618 Treble and bassolet

Bass-Trumpet in C

be tastes

Valve-trombone

| Tenor- or bassclef

in Bb (with Seven In-

dependent Cylinders)

The Military Series of Saxophones.

Baritone saxophone in fa l treblecte

ba

Treble-clef

Bass-Saxophone in Bb

The (continental) Orchestral Series of Saxophones.

Tenor-Saxophone in O Die to B

Conventional bass-

Pitch indeterminate

Tenor-Drum

clef or a single line

Tabor

Conventional treble-

Pitch indeterminate

clef or a single line

Conventional treble-

Pitch indeterminate

Tambourine

clef or a single line

Triangle

Pitch indeterminate

Conventional trebleclef or a single line

Conventional bass-

Pitch indeterminate

Cymbals

clef or a single line

Conventional bass-

Gong

Pitch indeterminate

clef or a single line

Castanets

Pitch indeterminate

Conventional trebleclef or a single line

Rattle

Pitch indeterminate

Conventional trebleclef or a single line

Pitch indeterminate, but with Conventional bass-

Wind-Machine

clef or a single line some variation possible

Anvils

Pitch generally indeterminate, Treble- or bass-clef or a single line but see page 40.

Ordinary Compass. Highest Harmonic-Compass.