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10-30-2005, 05:59 AM
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If I have a part in D minor (concert pitch), and I want to transpose it for Eb alto sax, which key is it in?
It's not in B major, is it?
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10-30-2005, 06:49 AM
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10-30-2005, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Wil Davis b minor
- Wil | She said she was 18...
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10-30-2005, 03:45 PM
|  | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | | Eb alto sax is written a major sixth above concert pitch (not a minor third below, as many people seem to think). The middle C (actual pitch) is written as an A on the second space of the staff (treble clef). The A 440, which is the A on the second space, is written as a F# on the fifth (top) line.
Same thing happens with key signatures: C major for the piano is A major for the alto sax. Then D minor corresponds to B minor (major sixth above).
Hope this helps.
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10-30-2005, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua She said she was 18... | Next week I will be! ::dances:: |
10-31-2005, 08:08 AM
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10-31-2005, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua Then you won't B minor. | ... oh. I get it now.
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10-31-2005, 10:25 PM
| | | | If you're an Eb horn player, and you "see" a "C" on horn chart, you play a (concert) Eb. That's how I remember how to transpose horn charts, don't know if it i will help anyone else. |
10-31-2005, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by stephdawe04 Thanks.
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10-31-2005, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan1099 Congrats! I just turned 21 myself. | Enhorabuena (congratulations). I can't wait, 'cos it'll mean this week's over and done with. |
11-01-2005, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Red Porpura Then you won't B minor. |
Wait a minute.... FOUL!!!!
Illegal use of a non-Fuqua's name by the originator.
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11-01-2005, 02:56 PM
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