Luis Hernández Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 (edited) Hi all. There are tonalities that seem more "neutral" .... But let's say I want to orchestrate this Nocturne in C# min by Lysenko. Would you do it in that tonality? How to bring peace for instruments in F (french horns) or in Bb.... I think clarinets could be changed to clarinets in A. I need to go over some scores I now they are in E maj or A maj and see what the greatest did.... Edited March 27, 2022 by Luis Hernández Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterthePapercomPoser Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 I don't see a problem with keeping it in this key when orchestrating. If you used A Clarinet, their key would be E minor. F Horns would play in the key of G# minor. The only bad thing would be the Bb Trumpets which would play in the key of D# minor or Eb minor. Also, I don't know what the lowest tones are in the rest of the piece, but in C# minor it would allow the Cellos and Basses with a C extension to play the leading tone of this key in the bass (B#). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aMusicComposer Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Definitely no problem with the key! I would use A clarinets as it's fairly standard practice to have them for sharp keys. The horns often won't use key signatures anyway, so it wouldn't make much difference other than a few more accidentals in the parts (which horn players are used to). You could consider using trumpets in C, which are again standard as sharp-key trumpets! I think this orchestration could turn out really very nicely. aMC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caters Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I don't see a problem with this key. F# major is where you really start getting problems and start having to notate it in flats instead(i.e. Gb major), at least as far as I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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