Timeline for Key choice for brass instruments

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Dec 9, 2015 at 7:24	comment	added	Gauthier		Which partial a tone builds on is nothing you think about when you play, especially if you've been playing since you were a kid. C# comes earlier than Db in the list of key signatures.
Dec 8, 2015 at 11:52	comment	added	Laurence		Interesting that we (as I suspect most trumpertrs would) are referring to that note as C#, not Db.
Dec 7, 2015 at 11:14	comment	added	Gauthier		It is from the viewpoint of the arranger that I am asking the question. It is important for the arranger to know what brass players prefer, if given the choice, the arranger could make the one that is easy on the players. I play the trumpet, and when arranging for trumpets I do try to avoid the low C#, because even if it's manageable, depending on the trumpeters' level, its intonation doesn't often get the attention it should. I am guilty of that as a player myself.
Dec 6, 2015 at 16:20	history	answered	Laurence	CC BY-SA 3.0