Which means it's in a different key. The key of F. This is what I've been saying.

the March from “Symphonic Metamorphosis” by Paul Hindemith has a lovely english horn melody near the begining; the only thing our clinician at our spring competition could come up with to complain about was that the EH wasn't prominant enough!

anywho, i have a question. I'm transposing an EH part (the 1812 overture, in fact). The EH sounds lower than written pitch, yes? so if i take it up instead of down when transposing, it will end up written an octive above what it ought to be? this is desireable, as i'm transposing it for bass clarinet (don't ask, my orchestra director is crazy) which sounds an octive lower than written.

any insight as to if my logic is correct would be apreciated!

Well, you want to give it notes it can play, and I can't see an english horn playing low E below the staff (which a bass clarinet is expected to play). So, yes, raising the part an octave is very sound logic indeed.

wero: I don't see why this forum has to be a battling ground. I was stating what you said about the key of the EH in simple terms. The instrument is in the key of F. I never said it wasn't. I also never said that you were wrong.

alex