Re: Baritone and treble clef

[David Sumbler]

On Tue, 2017-02-14 at 12:03 +0000, Phil Holmes wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Sumbler" <address@hidden>
> > 
> > 2) I may
> > be mistaken, since I am not generally involved in performing vocal
> > music, but I think it would be unusual for a baritone to be
> > expected to
> > read treble clef. I am sure that most can, but that is hardly the
> > point: I used to be a flute-player, and I could easily have read my
> > music in bass clef (performing the necessary 1- or 2-octave
> > transpostion), but in 55 years I was never expected to.
> > 
> > David
> 
> You are mistaken.  Baritone singers read music in treble clef all the
> time. 
> A speak as one who has been singing from both bass and treble clef
> for 40-odd years.

Well, there you are then - I said I might be mistaken, and I was right!

David