Klarinet Archive - Posting 000348.txt from 2000/02

From: Leighton Bingham <cassus@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] A sharp
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 19:38:45 -0500

Dee D. Hays wrote:

> 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

Dear MS. Hays
I should just get a book out of the library and find this out for myself. But,
Just how many sharps are in A sharp? The range on my software is from 6 flats to
6 sharps and none of them are called A sharp. Also if A sharp = B flat why
bother with two names for the same key? Indeed why bother with sharps and flats
anyway can't you write all the tunes in C? I mean they can all be transposed to
C
--
Leighton Bingham
Simplex optimus

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