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| Buzby... |
 Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:59 am |
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Probably stupid newbie question.
Transposing from Tenor to Alto it's up a fifth - however, how does this
affect the key?
TIA
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Buzby
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| Michael Cunningham... |
| Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:40 am |
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Hi Buzby,
If I inderstand you right, then yes, it does affect the key - it also goes
up a fith. For example, something written in C for a tenor would be played
in G on an alto.
Mike
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Quote:
Probably stupid newbie question.
Transposing from Tenor to Alto it's up a fifth - however, how does this
affect the key?
TIA
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Buzby
"There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot" |
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| Buzby... |
| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:41 am |
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Michael Cunningham wrote:
Quote: Hi Buzby,
If I inderstand you right, then yes, it does affect the key - it also
goes up a fith. For example, something written in C for a tenor would
be played in G on an alto. Mike
Thanks Mike - am slowly getting my hear around this!
Cheers
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| Al Stevens... |
| Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:27 am |
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Quote: Transposing from Tenor to Alto it's up a fifth
Or it's down a 4th depending on how you look at it and the range of what you
are transposing.
Quote: ... how does this affect the key?
The tenor is a B-flat instrument, which means that when the concert key is
B-flat, the instrument plays in C
The alto is an E-flat instrument, which means that when the concert key is
E-flat, the instrument plays in C.
In other words, from concert key, you go up a whole tone to get the tenor's
key and down a minor third (three half-tones) to get the alto's key.
It seems confusing, but after you've done it for a while, it just becomes
second nature. Almost. I've been playing 50 years. Every now and then I have
to stop and think about it. |
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| baribri... |
| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:58 am |
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On Sep 16, 12:27 pm, "Al Stevens" <nob... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
Quote: Transposing from Tenor to Alto it's up a fifth
Or it's down a 4th depending on how you look at it and the range of what you
are transposing.
... how does this affect the key?
The tenor is a B-flat instrument, which means that when the concert key is
B-flat, the instrument plays in C
The alto is an E-flat instrument, which means that when the concert key is
E-flat, the instrument plays in C.
In other words, from concert key, you go up a whole tone to get the tenor's
key and down a minor third (three half-tones) to get the alto's key.
It seems confusing, but after you've done it for a while, it just becomes
second nature. Almost. I've been playing 50 years. Every now and then I have
to stop and think about it.
At last an honest man!! Diogenes would have cried!!
baribri |
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| jbtsax... |
| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:58 pm |
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On Sep 15, 12:59 am, "Buzby" <g... at (no spam) pumpupthe.net> wrote:
Quote: Probably stupid newbie question.
Transposing from Tenor to Alto it's up a fifth - however, how does this
affect the key?
You add a sharp or take away a flat. |
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