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Author: Melissa
Date: 2003-07-28 23:36
I am trying to learn how to transpose music so I have an example to show you, to see if I actually get them right...
example one: I am playing on a Bb clarinet and I want to transpose my C music so my Bb clarinet can read it, so from Bb to C is up a major 1st, so I would take my C music and see that the key signature is in Ab so I need to put it up to a key signature of B and have 5 sharps. Now I have my C music with a Ab major key signature transposed into Bb music with a B major key signature. Now after all that I have to transpose each note a major 1st so if I am playing C# D A# Bb I would transpose it to D# E B# Cb. I'm really sorry if I just made no sense.
Thank-you so much for reading this!
Melissa
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Author: wyatt
Date: 2003-07-28 23:39
check out the chart that gbk posted about two days ago. it was a big help.
the date was 7/19
how to sight transpose
bob gardner}ÜJ
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Author: krawfish3x
Date: 2003-07-28 23:48
C clarinet is has the same notes as notes given in concert pitch. to go from concert pitch to Bb clarinet you go up 2 half steps. so basically just take each note and move it up 2 half steps and there u go. this works fine for me. to change a key signature such as Ab major to Bb clarinet you take away 2 flats, or add two sharps in other cases. so your Ab major key signature would be Bb major on your Bb clarinet.
bottom line: to transpose from C to Bb move up 2 half steps.
theres probably a bunch of theory and stuff behind this and id appriciate it if anyone would be glad to explain it.
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Author: Melissa
Date: 2003-07-29 00:02
by the way I want to be able to transpose for any insturment, not just from clarinet to clarinet.
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Author: bob49t
Date: 2003-07-29 00:14
Ok, so basically if your Bb clarinet is asked to play an oboe, violin or flute part, as your instrument is 2 half steps LOWER than the part, in order to sound the correct notes, you have to compensate by reading (or writing) the part two half steps HIGHER.
eg if the original part is in Fmaj, go up two half steps and read the key sig as Gmaj.
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2003-07-29 02:40
Melissa,
There are some transpositions where you can read the music in bass clef and then add the correct interval if necessary as well as adjust the key signature. A pretty good skill to have but some string players have been using this technique for a long time.
GBK's chart is what you need.
HRL
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2003-07-29 03:51
Just a hint:
If you're playing a C part on a Bb horn, and the key sig for the C part is in Ab major, you will be playing in Bb major, NOT B major.
Katrina
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Author: Tom A
Date: 2003-07-29 12:57
Katrina beat me to that one, but I'll just reinforce it, because your friends probably won't want to hear a piece played in consecutive semitones.
The interval from B flat to C is a Major 2nd (a.k.a. one tone). When counting an interval, you begin by counting the lower note as "number one".
A Major 2nd higher than A flat Major is B flat Major, NOT B Major. (Easier already!)
The key signature will change by SUBTRACTING 2 flats, as Krawfish said. If the original key is in sharps, you should ADD 2 sharps for your transposition. Hope this is clear.
It's bedtime on this side of the world now, so if any other questions haven;t been answered by tomorrow, I'll try to help then!
G'night.
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2003-07-29 14:13
If an instrument is said to be in Bb pitch, it means when the instrument is fingered to produce the note C, the sound actually produced (concert pitch) is Bb. Thus, the Clarinet's key signature has two flats fewer (or two sharps more) than the concert key signature.
Regards,
John
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Author: clarinetqween
Date: 2003-07-29 16:21
I would suggest getting a basic theory book at your music store and start learning the intervals. Major 1st? Never Heard of it.....
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