Klarinet Archive - Posting 000328.txt from 2000/02

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Beethoven Op. 38 Trio
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 02:38:25 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leighton Bingham" <cassus@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Beethoven Op. 38 Trio

> Dear friends,
> I have a little chart that tells me what key to transposr to for B flat
> insturments. For example tunes in F are transposed to G. I also have a
computer
> program that if I type in the music will transpose it.(I have to tell it
what
> key I want it transposed to hence the chart). But... The chart lists the
key
> of A sharp and tells me to go to C the program lists the key of C flat but
not
> A sharp are they the same key??

To notate something as the concert key of A sharp would be a bit unusual.
However, A sharp is the same as Bb. Thus if something is written in A sharp
(i.e. Bb), the equivalent key for the Bb clarinet is the key of C.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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