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alto sax transposition

Author: SolidRockMan
Date: 2005-01-23 23:19

I play clarinet and alto sax in a church group. Our 'brass' section comprises a trombone, trumpet, tenor sax and me. I also fill in for the bass guitarist if he can't make it and sometimes play acoustic/electric guitar and sing.

I'm confused about the keys I'm using for the alto. If a song is in say concert A major, then if I have a clarinet part I'm playing in B major. This is clear because Bb is two semitones away from C.

However if playing alto for the same song, I would play in G major to be in tune...i.e., always a full tone below the concert key. How can this be correct when Eb is three semitones away from C??

Apologies if this is a silly question, but I seem to be missing something here....

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