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Author: tara
Date: 2003-11-06 23:11
hey...im having a bit of a 'duh' moment...im tryign to figure out what a certain scale is called...when you play it on the alto sax it goes 'gabcdefg'what is that scale called?????Bb?maybe?i think?i cant remember...lol
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Author: tara
Date: 2003-11-06 23:22
n/m..i figured it out...yes..it is Bb..haha..oh dear....now..next question...whats concert Bb on a guitar??
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Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2003-11-06 23:24
Well what you have written would be the alto sax's G myxolydian scale, which would sound like a Bb myxolydian scale... which I doubt is what you mean.
The scale G-A-B-C-D-E-F#-G, the G major scale for alto sax, would be the "concert" Bb major scale.
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Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2003-11-06 23:28
The much palled word "concert" does not apply to a guitar as guitar is not a transposing instrument.
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Author: tara
Date: 2003-11-08 21:53
yeah..i realize that in the concert Bb its f# on the alto sax...i jsut forgot to put the #sign and figured that it wouldn' matter cause i figured it out anyways.. :P ..i played alto in school and honour bands for many years and we'd always warm up with 'Bb concert' scales and exercises......so what would the guys/gurls with guitars be playing????....i dont really know much about guitars(ok..i know next to nohting..haha...)..but i know that they were playing somethign when we were all playing Bb.. :P ...i guess the way i worded my question before wasn' that great..hopefully this made more sence....
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Author: Carolyn
Date: 2003-11-16 13:12
The guitar doesn't transpose like the saxophone does. On sax, if you're playing a concert Bb scale, you're actually fingering a G scale, which sounds as a Bb scale. A guitar will play a Bb scale that sounds as a Bb scale.
Bb C D Eb F G A Bb
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