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Author: tenorchick
Date: 2003-12-04 03:10
So since i'm new to the E-fer, and i've only played instruments pitched in B-flat, (tenor sax as well as b-flat clarinet) I'm not really sure how to work the concert pitches. For example, if a concert g is played, what is the note i play on the E-fer? How do i figure out the pitches to play? Please help!
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2003-12-04 03:25
Bb Clarinet "C" = Concert Bb.
Eb Clarinet "C" = Concert Eb.
Concert C = Eb Clarinet "Ab" = Bb Clarinet "D"
To transpose concert to Eb, go down a minor third. (G->E)
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: Lisa
Date: 2003-12-04 03:28
You would play a step and a half down from concert pitch. Concert G is an E for you. A concert Bb tuning note is a G for you now. (It was always most helpful to me to tune to the G above the staff as opposed to open G, which was pretty flat on my school horn.
Each instrument's key is determined by the concert pitch it is when that particular instrument plays a fingered C. A Bb clarinet's C is a Bb. An F horn's C is an F concert. An Eb clarinet (alto sax) will play a C and it sounds like an Eb.
I've also figured out on my own that if you trade instrument keys, you'll get a unison note. When a C flute plays an Eb, and an Eb clarinet plays a C, it's the same pitch, give or take octaves. Try it with any 2 instrument combinations--it works.
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2003-12-04 04:04
Lets see . . . you can also think the Bb clarinet transposition, and then hit the register key. For instance, for a concert Bb, you know that's a C on the Bb clarinet. So you finger a C with your LH, but hit the register key (turning it into a G and being right on tune.
So if you want to tune to Bb clarinet's F, you finger an F in the chalemeou register and hit the register key (turning it into a C) and you'll be tuning to the Bb clarinet's F.
Kind of a funky way to think about it, but it works. In this way, you can also somewhat easily transpose tenor sax music to an alto sax. Or vice versa if you start with the clarion register on the tenor and then release the register key to tune to an alto.
Have I confused you enough?
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: ksclarinetgirl
Date: 2003-12-04 04:16
A good rule of thumb, which was addressed in Lisa's post is "Plays a C, sounds its name" Something else I've learned as a bari sax player and being forced to read tuba parts when we're lacking in pep band music, you can look at a pitch and tell right away what the concert pitch is. In the case of the E-fer, which I also play, it's two octaves up, but it still works. All you have to do is look at the music you're playing and pretend it's written in bass clef. For example, a middle C looks like an Eb below the staff in bass clef, which is the concert pitch. If this doesn't make any sense, just let me know!
Stephanie :o)
"Vita Brevis, Ars Longa"
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