Klarinet Archive - Posting 000546.txt from 1999/10

From: Craig Rasband <jasband@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Transposing C fakebooks - HELP
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 21:23:09 -0400

"J. Mir" wrote:

> What are the quick-n-dirty tricks to transposing
> in this environment? Any advice would be helpful.

I hate transposing! Transposing makes me crazy! So I don't
do it. Instead, I've learned the names of the notes on my
saxophones in concert key. I've been doing it this way on Alto
for at least twenty years, and it works great for reading chord
changes, too. I haven't played as much Tenor, so I don't quite
have it mastered for that one yet. I'm still learning the
clarinet, but when I try using this system with it, I just use
the Alto sax concert fingerings in the lower register, and the
Tenor sax concert fingerings in the upper register. I'm not
quite into the altissimo register on clarinet yet, so I'll worry
about that one later. I know I should learn to transpose the
right way, but I doubt if I ever will (because it makes me
crazy!). I also play the bass, so I still have to transpose if
someone hands me a saxophone part to play from (and it still
drives me crazy), but there's no way I'm going to learn the names
of the notes on my bass in alto and tenor sax keys!

Craig Rasband

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