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Author: Tara
Date: 2002-01-19 16:54
Im just learning to play the clarinet...I know that if I were to play a B flat major scale...it would be a C scale (no sharps or flats...right?) on the clarinet...just want to check to make sure Im right...and I need to know the rest...Im so confused...please help. this will make band auditions soooo much easier for me. =/
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Author: Aaron
Date: 2002-01-19 17:12
Hello,
Yes you are absolutely correct! As far as learning the rest of them, the clarinet note and the concert pitch note have the same relationship throughout all 12 notes. So a clarinet C is a concert Bb; that means the concert pitch is two half steps below what's written as the clarinet note. This holds for every note you play AND for every scale that begins on those notes.
So the C scale = Bb concert scale, Db(C#) scale = B concert scale, D scale = C concert scale, and so on.
When I played alto sax, I made a little chart to show the relationships with that instrument to concert pitch. In your case, you can make something like this:
Clarinet: C-Db-D-Eb-E-F-F#-G-Ab-A-Bb-B-C
Concert pitch: Bb-B-C-Db-D-Eb-E-F-F#-G-Ab-A-Bb
Just match up the notes. Hope this helps.
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Author: Aaron
Date: 2002-01-19 17:14
Ugh, well the spacing didn't work out on my little chart up there. Stupid computers. Draw it out for yourself and put the C above the Bb like this
C-Db-D-Eb-E-F-F#-G-Ab-A-Bb-B-C
Bb-B-C-Db-D-EB-E-F-F#-G-Ab-A-Bb
Sorry about that.
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