Klarinet Archive - Posting 000523.txt from 1999/10

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Transposing C fakebooks - HELP
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 05:29:41 -0400

Surely all the saxes are in the same boat??
Roger S.

On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, J. Mir wrote:

> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 01:40:10 -0700
> From: "J. Mir" <jennifer@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Transposing C fakebooks - HELP
>
> Klarineters,
>
> I know this topic has been bounced before
> but now it is time for some practical advice. I have
> joined a "jazz workshop" group where jams are
> done and everybody is playing from fakebooks in C.
> There are NO fakebooks in Bb my friends and what
> I have discovered to my dismay is that
> I CANNOT transpose to SAVE MY LIFE!!!
>
> I mean, if its a flat or a sharp or two, I can figure out
> my key and if I know the tune already I can fake it,
> but if I don't know the tune I am really up a creek!!!!
>
> What are the quick-n-dirty tricks to transposing
> in this environment? Any advice would be helpful.
> For example, when transposing note-by-note rather
> than just by feeling the tune in my key, when I come
> across an accidental I freeze - I simply don't know what to do.
> And if it's *minor* not major key then I really really don't
> know what to do.
>
> Now I know why clarinets have fallen so out of favor
> in jazz circles - this transposing thing is a pain in the neck!
> And no I can't invest in a C clarinet at this time either.
> (Not that I really care about losing face or anything like
> that at this point....)
>
> j.m.
> jmir1@-----.com
>
>
>
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