Horn in F - Bass clef - Dorico does not know right transposition

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@dpjackca

Hi Lokotus,

You are historically correct; however your informative statement is mostly applicable to 20th century and before usage. The complete definition of horn in F usage today is:

“Second, when horn parts are written in bass clef, they may be written an octave lower than expected, transposing up, rather than down as in treble clef. In today’s scores, horns always transpose down, even in bass clef; but the other notation was standard well into the 20th century.”

Sure makes it easier to remember for me.

Regards,

Hi, dpjackca

From a global viewpoint, I would put a question mark on “In today’s scores, horns always transpose down”. It is true in some countries such as United States. Some European countries might be still “old schooled”, for example in Russia, contemporary composers transpose horns up in bass clef, and even sometimes still add brackets to group violoncelli and contrabassi.

Don’t mean to argue which is better or not. I can see Dorico is trying to be compatible with different notation style, I would appreciate if Dorico make the transposition/clefs configurable.