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Thank you to u all

Author: hpadi
Date: 2008-04-30 16:36

I started to play clarinet last year and I liked very much. I thank everyone for their support and care.

I also, play guitar and as most of you know is not the best combo because the hardening of the finger tips. So, I decided to learn the Sax. I bought a nice Selmer Alto Sax and I love it, it's pretty similar to the clarinet and as for the fingers issue I have no worries.

I became a member of the Sax on the web and I need to learn a bit about their rules and how they do business, you know to keep every one happy, at least to try, jejeje.

Anyway, I am in the process to hire a new teacher because the one I had for the clarinet don't do sax. in the mean time I am learning from the Play today Alto Sax and the Essential Elements 2000.

I know that this is not the sax forum, but I am sure that someone have the answer for a simple question.

I just need to know what is the difference in note displayed on a tuner when you play a note. The book tells you to play a note and it shows you the fingering position but the tuner displays a different note. Is an Octave, a half step or a whole step?

Thank you,

hpadi

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Re: Thank you to u all

Author: Don Berger
Date: 2008-04-30 17:45

I do hope that several of our BBoarders, who must know more about tuners/tuning than I, will respond. A couple of questions, are you trying to tune an alto sax? For the "band tuning note", C on [Bb] clarinet, the equivalent [Eb] A S note is the top-of-staff G, which is Bb on piano and other "concert C" instruments. We call both the clarinet and sax "transposing " instruments, so a bit more confusion, right?? We need more info re: your problems, OTHERS, please help. Don

Thanx, Mark, Don

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Re: Thank you to u all

Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2008-04-30 18:02

Well, it's rather simple:

If you finger a "C" on an Eb instrument (Alto Sax/Clarinet), a concert "Eb" will appear in the tuner's display, so an Eb instrument appears to sound three halftones higher (or 9 halftones lower, as it is a "flat" instrument, else we might rather say a "D# Sax").

If you finger a "C" on a Bb (Bb Clarinet/Sop/Tenor Sax) instrument, a - guess - "Bb" will be in the display, so a Bb instrument sounds two halftones lower.

Now the trick is to remember what key to play when the director asks for a Concert F# or Ab... fortunately, cheat sheets find their way everywhere.

--
Ben

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Re: Thank you to u all

Author: hpadi
Date: 2008-04-30 19:39

Thank u very much, that's exactly what I noticed. Nevertheless I needed the confirmation. Now, how do I make my tuner to display the correct note if u understand what I mean?

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Re: Thank you to u all

Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2008-04-30 19:50

Unless your tuner has some kind of transposing feature, you can't. That's why you'd need the aforementioned cheat sheet, like the one in http://www.saxontheweb.net/Transposition.html. The middle column is what your tuner is telling you, right and left is what you supposedly have fingered on your instrument.

--
Ben

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Re: Thank you to u all

Author: hpadi
Date: 2008-04-30 20:02

beautiful, ok thank you a million Ben. Don u 2, thank u a lot.

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