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Author: Mark Hep.  
Date:   2002-05-30 23:33 
 I really need to know how to turn alto sax music to tenor sax. Like do I mke it a step higher. I need to know this because me and my sister want to play a duet at graduation but, i play tenor and she play alto. I need help ASAP!!! Thanks. E-mail me if you know how to do this. My email is marc9761@aol.com
  
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Author: Eoin McAuley  
Date:   2002-05-31 08:41 
 If you have a piece of Alto Sax music and you want to write it out to be played on a Tenor Sax, you must: 
 
Change the key by adding one sharp to the key signature or removing one flat: Key of C becomes Key of G. Key of Bb become Key of F. 
 
Move all the notes up by four steps: (an interval of a fifth): C becomes G, D becomes A, E becomes B and so on.
  
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Author: Torus Tubarius  
Date:   2002-06-01 17:40 
 What Eoin was saying is if you're going from Tenor to Alto.  Just flip it around for Alto to Tenor.  If you have something in G for alto, it becomes C for tenor.  C for alto becomes F for tenor.   
 
Everything is moved up an interval of a fourth going one direction and an interval of a fifth going the other.
  
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