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RE: Transposing Scales

Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2005-03-15 05:14

Wait now, the concert D scale on tenor, which starts on E is going to have 4 sharps, not 3. So you add another sharp to the bari scale and you'll start on B. The scale will go:

B-C#-D#-E-F#-G#-A#-B

The concert B scale starts on C# and will go:

C#-D#-E#-F#-G#-A#-B#-C#

This is enharmonically (but not theoretically) the same scale as the Db scale:

Db-Eb-F-Gb-Ab-Bb-C-Db

if that helps you to remember the fingerings better.

I would recommend that if you're progressed enough that you're now having to deal with things like the concert B scale, that you begin to think of scales in a way other than adding a sharp here and losing a flat there.

A better way to remember your scales is to think of them in terms of half steps and whole steps. All your major scales will be in the pattern:

whole-whole-half-whole-whole-whole-half

So if you look at your C scale, there is a whole step between C & D, a whole step between D & E, a half between E & F and on up along the pattern. This is the same for <i>every major scale</i> and learning this will ultimately lead to an easier understanding of scales. Much easier than having to think of adding and subtracting sharps or flats.

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