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    | Author: Stephanie Date:   2000-12-05 02:56
 
 I have an E# on my sheet music in several places.  I can not find an E# on any fingering chart or book I have looked in.  Is this a key on the sax? Thanks
 
 
 
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    | Author: Eoin McAuley Date:   2000-12-05 07:30
 
 E# is just another way of writing F.
 
 Composers use E# as the name of the note when there is an F# in the scale, so that you can have E# and F# looking like separate notes in the music. But it is just F.
 
 
 
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    | Author: Steppy Date:   2000-12-09 00:28
 
 E# is just another way to write F natural. Same with B# is C.
  
 
 
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    | Author: shawn Date:   2001-01-10 03:10
 
 The fingering for an E# is the same as an F natural
 
 
 
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    | Author: Dale T. Rodgers Date:   2001-03-17 00:19
 
 Stephanie,
 
 Of course you saw the answer to your question.  Keep in mind, though, that E# is not the same as F; it just happens to be fingered the same as F.
 
 Something that might help you in the future: Get to know your chromatic scale as well as possible - playing it and knowledge of it.  If you know your chromatic scale you should never have a problem with figuring out fingerings, even double sharps and double flats.
 
 
 
 
 
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