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Author: FT
Date: 2002-01-02 00:08
1) how do you do it??(I know already how to on the Bb)
2) Let's say that I have a song that has 3#s for my Bb clarinet. How many #s would it have for the A??
Thanks!!!!!!
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Author: David Pegel
Date: 2002-01-02 01:22
ten sharps.
Just kidding. Actually it'd be two flats. Three sharps transposes to the key of Amaj/F#min, correct? You either...
1. Add seven sharps to the key
2. Add five flats to the key
3. Bounce everything up a half-step because that's what you're doing with all those sharps and flats anyway.
Now you're playing in Bbmaj/Gmin, which would be... two flats.
Easy as 3.141592654...
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Author: FT
Date: 2002-01-02 03:56
what I meant was, How do i transpose from a song written for the piano(or oboe or flute) to the A clarinet. (thanks anyways David)
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Author: Filipe
Date: 2002-01-02 04:36
So if I Have a C, I'll have a D# on the A clarinet, right??? ( don't get it)
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Author: Kim L.
Date: 2002-01-02 05:23
The A clarinet is a minor third above an instrument in C. So what you would have is the "Lullaby" theme, or C to Eb. It can't be D# because that's an augmented second.
Good luck,
Kim L.
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Author: susannah
Date: 2002-01-02 06:54
Kim L., yes you are correct in theory terms saying that a D# is an augmented second and not a minor third, but in terms of playing the notes, it sounds a minor third and it would be transposed to the right pitch. Some people think easier in sharps and some people think more naturally in flats. As longs as it sounds correct it doesn't really matter.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2002-01-02 11:28
Yes it does matter as you need to get the key signature correct if you are going to easily play the piece or write it out for your use or the use of other people.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-01-02 14:29
David - Just want you to know that your "Easy as pie" is appreciated, even out in 9 places!! Don
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Author: David Pegel
Date: 2002-01-02 17:31
Thanks. It took me forever to find that. Someone I know has it out to 110 digits.
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Author: FT
Date: 2002-01-02 18:42
but how many sharps, or flats, would I add to the key signature????
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Author: Ken
Date: 2002-01-02 20:09
On A Clarinet you must transpose UP a minor 3rd to the key of C.
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Author: cj
Date: 2002-01-03 03:36
FT: add three flats...if you're in the key of C you'd be playing in the key of Eb on the A
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Author: Kim L.
Date: 2002-01-03 18:33
Another thing to do when transposing to to look at the key signature BEFORE looking at the actual notes. If it is in C major then you would play it in Eb major when playing an A clarinet.
Kim L.
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