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> Transposing Vocal Music For Clarinet, Which key should it be?
skylark
post Oct 21 2006, 05:35 AM
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I've got a piece of vocal music with piano score which I'd like to transpose so that I can play the vocal part on B flat clarinet with my teacher accompanying me on the piano.

It's written in E flat major - please could anyone tell me which key I need to re-write the vocal part in so that it will harmonise with the piano?
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post Oct 21 2006, 06:51 AM
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If you play the written note 'C' on a B flat clarinet, you get 'B flat' - i.e. the sound is a tone lower. Therefore, you need to transpose the vocal part up a tone - write it in F major.
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post Oct 21 2006, 06:58 AM
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Thank you for that, FC.

Makes it much easier to play as well (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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post Oct 21 2006, 08:53 AM
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The easier alternative is for you to play in Eb major and get your teacher to transpose the piano part to Db major. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Oct 21 2006, 09:02 AM
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QUOTE(JohnS @ Oct 21 2006, 09:53 AM) *

The easier alternative is for you to play in Eb major and get your teacher to transpose the piano part to Db major. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Nice one!

I don't think he'd mind doing this because we've done similar things before, but the piece is quite difficult to play in Eb major for a G2 (well for me at any rate (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) ) so I was hoping it would transpose into an easier key, which it is. I don't mind doing the transposition because I want to understand more about the theory/composition side and doing the transposition will make me think more. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Oct 21 2006, 09:11 AM
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That's good, a win-win situation then. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Oct 22 2006, 01:28 PM
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When I'm transposing I always think of it as 2 more sharps (or 2 less flats) and 1 note higher, and I tend to get on okay. Got to work on Alto sax next (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)
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post Oct 22 2006, 03:10 PM
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When I'm transposing I always think of it as 2 more sharps (or 2 less flats) and 1 note higher, and I tend to get on okay. Got to work on Alto sax next.


It all depends what instrument you're playing. The alto sax wouldn't work with your current method of course.
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post Oct 22 2006, 03:23 PM
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Yes.... I know its 3 extra sharps but can never remember the interval, and its a big one too, so more difficult.
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post Oct 23 2006, 11:01 AM
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QUOTE(Rosemary7391 @ Oct 22 2006, 02:28 PM) *

When I'm transposing I always think of it as 2 more sharps (or 2 less flats) and 1 note higher, and I tend to get on okay. Got to work on Alto sax next (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)


Thats what i do - i think of it that a clarinet is in Bb and Bb has 2 flats, therefore they will have 2 flats less (or 2 sharps more) than instruments in concert pitch. Horns that are in F will only have one flat less (sharp more) because F major only has one flat etc. Same goes for Eb - 3 flats.
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