Klarinet Archive - Posting 001000.txt from 2000/10

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] B Flat to E Flat Transposing
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 17:26:34 -0400

I think a lot of the posts on this thread have been too complicated.
Lets run through it one more time.

Assuming your sax playing child isn't going to do any of the transposing
and you're just trying to play along with him and his alto, and you
being on the clarinet, here's my way of thinking about it.

1) Every note your child reads, fingers and plays will sound a sixth
lower, e.g. a C will sound an actual concert pitch of Eb. Everything you
play on the clarinet sounds one full (or two half) steps lower.

Lets just deal with a written C coming out as an Eb. You will need to
play on your clarinet a note that is also an Eb concert pitch.

2) Play one one step higher or a fingered F.

3) Compare what you're playing to what's written. You're playing a fifth
lower.

When you read the sax part, go down two spaces (if the note is one
written on a space) or two lines if the note is one written on a line.

Now lets deal with the key signature. Assuming the sax music is in the
key of C with no sharps or flats, you will be playing in the key of F
(one flat, that being the Bb).

So, the rule of key signatures is play in a key signature that has one
fewer sharps or one more flat than the alto sax part.

Got it? Play a fifth lower and add one flat or subtract one sharp!

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