Write tenor and alto sax Score along piano
please ! someone help me understand this.
I am writing a score for piano and tenor sax in C Major, simple.
Now, how do you write the music on the sheet for both instruments
In this example, is the Sax player going to play his C ( Which is a concert Bb ) ? or does he/she has to transpose this note to the sax note in his/her head ?
Thanks, any hints or help is much appreciated.
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The whole point of transposing instruments is that they, well, transpose. A B♭ sax is so-called because when the player sees a note, and plays it, it comes out a tone below what is written.
In order to compensate for this, the music needs to be written one tone higher than what would be played. So in your case, for the sax player to produce a C note, you'd write a D.
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