Saturday, October 10, 2009

Key's Of Instruments

Could people please inform me which keys these following instruments are in. Would be greatly appreciated

Trumpet:

Saxophone:

Clarinet:

Trombone:
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  1. BrandonOctober 10, 2009 at 7:42 AM

    I dunno what your trying to do James but I’ll try to explain…
    Clarinet (B flat) : Sounds a Major 2nd LOWER than written
    Alto Sax (E flat) : Sounds a Major 6th LOWER than written
    Tenor Sax (B flat) : Sounds an octave and 1 tone LOWER than written
    Trumpet ( I think its B flat) : Sounds a Major 2nd LOWER than written
    Trombone : Sounds AT PITCH (music written same as guitar and piano)
    James, if your looking for the keys of the instrument, they are next to it. The way the music is written is next to it after the colon. Transposing the key is a little difficult but if you gave the music to the musician, they should be able to work it out…
    “At Pitch” means that the note “C” sounds the same as the “C” played on piano. For a transposing instrument (the others) the note “B flat” on the clarinet, sounds like a “C Natural” on the piano.
    If you need more help, be a little more specific. I gave you basically a lot of information, and if you some how figure it out, then AWESOME!
    PS: There is quite a few saxophones, so I gave you the two you would most likely use. Alto is higher and the tenor is lower, tenor is played by EMO! Ask Emo for more help :)

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  2. Mr JamesOctober 10, 2009 at 7:47 AM

    Well thats all good, thank you muchly brandon.
    All the three instruments i was most interested are in all the same key.

    The reason i may need to know this is that if we are going to have a song where brass AND woodwind is played on a song, we would have to write the song in that particular key to make it easier or just work better. As i have spoken to SEANY and hes interested to do some stuff in the future, are you brandon and emerson?

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  3. BrandonOctober 10, 2009 at 7:49 AM

    yeah sure!

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  4. E. BrophyOctober 10, 2009 at 8:43 AM

    hold on a minute!

    just to correct, it's the other way around. Paying a C natural on the clarinet will sound like a B flat. In the same manner, playing a C natural on the alto saxophone will sound as an E flat.

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