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Quick Question    14:01 on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Vote for this post Vote against this post 0 votes

Samil
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How do you transpose? I know it's a dumb question but I'm a beginner.

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Re: Quick Question    14:47 on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Vote for this post Vote against this post 0 votes

laeta_puella
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Transposing generally refers to taking music and putting it in either another key or another octive (or both). it depends what you're transposing to and from: for instance, transposing flute music to be played on clarinet would be different than transposing sax music to clarinet, or french horn, et cetera.

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Re: Quick Question    14:55 on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Vote for this post Vote against this post 0 votes

Samil
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I want to play music that is normally for piano on my clarinet

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Re: Quick Question    15:12 on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Vote for this post Vote against this post 0 votes

Grieg-Bizet
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You can do it the easy way and read as is, just adjust the key signature accordingly by adding two sharps (c major in piano - d major in clarinet, Bb major in piano - c major in clarinet, etc.). Or, if you'd rather, take everything up one whole step.

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Re: Quick Question    15:17 on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Vote for this post Vote against this post 0 votes

Samil
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I know what transposing is...I just didn't know I had to do it reading from piano music....I guess I need some tips

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Re: Quick Question    15:30 on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Vote for this post Vote against this post 0 votes

Samil
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thanks grieg...

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Re: Quick Question    18:50 on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Vote for this post Vote against this post 0 votes

laeta_puella
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if you're playing it by yourself on clarinet, you don't really need to transpose... it'll just sound in a different key. but if you want to play it along at the same time as the piano music is played you'd need to.

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Re: Quick Question    20:21 on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Vote for this post Vote against this post 0 votes

Samil
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Yea, I play at church and it'll usually be a Piano, Alto Sax, Flutes, Cellos playing music so I will have to transpose....

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Re: Quick Question    21:41 on Saturday, August 11, 2007 Vote for this post Vote against this post 0 votes

Musical_Kid
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When transposing from the piano to the B-flat clarinet, the clarinet part will be a WHOLE STEP down than the piano part, thus when the piano plays a C, you will play a B-flat.

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Re: Quick Question    13:48 on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 Vote for this post Vote against this post 0 votes

Phil-McCrevis
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oh man....

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You are wrong. WRONG!

Where did you get your doctorate in music theory?

PATHETIC!!

You have to compensate for the change in the key. It's two whole steps down. So if you are reading a "C" on the piano part you would want to play an "A" on the clarinet to get the same sounding pitch.

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Re: Quick Question    14:51 on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 Vote for this post Vote against this post 0 votes

NoteworthyPlayer
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Don't listen to Phil. The b-flat clarinet sounds two half steps lower than c instruments, so when a piano plays a C, the clarinet has to RAISE that two half steps and play a D.

There are transposition charts on the web.

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Re: Quick Question    23:59 on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 Vote for this post Vote against this post 0 votes

AJ9090
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noteworthy player is correct on this subject.

you transpose up two half steps (or one whole step) from the note a c instrument is playing, aka the concert pitch in order to sound the same. Concert A-flat would be clarinet B-flat. Concert E would be clarinet F-sharp.

   

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