Klarinet Archive - Posting 000311.txt from 1997/02

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Transposing (fwd)
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 09:16:51 -0500

Wait, did I miss something???
You wrote:
"Alto and Baritone sax are in Eb so their written Eb is a concert C"

Now, lets look at that more closely- Alto and Bari Sax are pitched in Eb,
but their written Eb is not a concert C, it is a Concert Gb, or an Ab on
the Clarinet. To get a concert C on Alto Sax you must play an A.
Has anyone noticed that the lower octave on Clarinet (below F-1st space)
sounds identical to the Eb Sax. 2 fingers on sax is the same pitch as 2 on
clarinet (D on clarinet, A on sax and so on..)
Alto Sax adds 3 sharps to the given key in comparison to Concert Key.

At 09:09 AM 2/10/97 +0000, Roger Shilcock wrote:
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 23:35:45 -0500
>From: Joie Canada , Jcanada713@-----.UK>
>To: Multiple recipients of list KLARINET <KLARINET=VCCSCENT>
>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
>

David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Adjunct Woodwind Instructor Univ. of Penn,. Bryn Mawr College
Foundation of Arts and Musical Excellence Summer Music Festival (FAME)

   
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