Klarinet Archive - Posting 000302.txt from 1997/02

From: Roger Shilcock
Subj: Re: Transposing (fwd)
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 04:09:18 -0500

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Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 23:35:45 -0500
From: Joie Canada , Jcanada713@-----.UK>
Subject: Re: Transposing

Clarinet music is in Bb, so it is written one full step above concert pitch.

for Tenor and Soprano sax, it can be used as written.

for other instruments, get one of those little transposer slides like slide
rules (they have them in music stores) and follow the instructions.

French horns are in the key of F so their written note F is a concert C
Alto and Baritone sax are in Eb so their written Eb is a concert C
Trombones are in concert pitch and are written in bass clef
Trumpets are in Bb like the clarinet
Flutes are in concert pitch and so are most piccolos but some
piccolos are in Db and play a written Db to sound a concert C
Baritone horns are either in Bb and written in treble clef so they can play
clarinet music as written, or they are concert pitch and written in bass clef
like trombone.
Oboes are concert pitch and so are bassoons but bassoons are written in bass
clef.

Hope this helps

Joie

*Some* trumpets are in B flat - the Selmer C trumpet is used quite a lot
these days. The "baritone hiorn" (English "euphonium") is a big
instrument and actually sounds an octave lower then the clarinet (same as
bass clarinet).
Roger Shilcock