Sax transposition
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 7:05 pm
Hi all-
Just wondered how people go about writing for alto sax and piano.(or alto sax generally)
The mess I’m in is that I’ve written a piece in G for sax and piano-(the sax has the lead line throughout.)Now I know all about the transposition of the sax and its range ,I also know that when it’s printed out the sax part will be transposed for the sax player. Now my query is concerning the process as you don’t see the sax part transposed range when you are writing because everything is concert. What I’m saying is do you have to constantly convert the sax part in your head before writing it, or is there an easier way?
Tried transposing the sax part only when writing so I can see if I’m running out of range, but as soon as I put the change of key sig in, the piano part changes also-bit stuck!
Hope this makes sense
Grant
Just wondered how people go about writing for alto sax and piano.(or alto sax generally)
The mess I’m in is that I’ve written a piece in G for sax and piano-(the sax has the lead line throughout.)Now I know all about the transposition of the sax and its range ,I also know that when it’s printed out the sax part will be transposed for the sax player. Now my query is concerning the process as you don’t see the sax part transposed range when you are writing because everything is concert. What I’m saying is do you have to constantly convert the sax part in your head before writing it, or is there an easier way?
Tried transposing the sax part only when writing so I can see if I’m running out of range, but as soon as I put the change of key sig in, the piano part changes also-bit stuck!
Hope this makes sense
Grant