Klarinet Archive - Posting 000592.txt from 1999/10

From: fpm@-----.org (FPM Services Ltd)
Subj: Re: [kl] C transposition
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 18:11:51 -0400

>On another note, I remember something from my high school days, that if you
>know what key signature you should be playing in, the alto sax can read a
>bass line as is, as long as the player knows the concert key to transpose to
>what the key signature needs. Can anyone verify?

>Yeah...just add 2 flats to the bass clef key.

>Actually, add 2 sharps or subtract 2 flats. Also, any accidentals may not
>transpose correctly when using this method. In those cases, you have to
>revert to the old-fashioned way and actually transpose them.

Adding 2 sharps is for clarinets reading concert music.
For Eb pitched horns (alto, bari sax), its
- add three sharps to the bass clef key signature on concert C pitch charts
(e.g., trombone, tuba),
- read it as treble clef,
-sharpen the accidentals on C, F, and G,
-read the rest of the accidentals as is.

dave florence
Clarinet/Eb sax doubler
http://home.prcn.org/~fpm

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