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RE: Cb and Fb on Bb Clarinets?

Author: Shelly
Date: 2001-04-12 02:05

Michael,
This makes much more sense if you are familiar with a piano keyboard. From one key to the next (whether the key is white or black) it is one half step or a semitone. from F to F# for example is one semitone. All of the natural notes (no accidentals) are white keys, A B C D E F G . All of the black keys are designated as sharps and flats. (Each black key is both a sharp and a flat! F# for example is the same key as Gb) All of the white keys are seperated by one black key EXCEPT B and C, and E and F. Because there is no black key between B and C, and E and F a B# is a C, a Cb is a B........ An E# is an F and an Fb is an E.

I hope that makes sense