Home » Interests » Music » Flute to alto sax

Welcome!


FunAdvice is a social question & answer site where you can make friends, share photos and meet people near you.
FunAdvice RSS for this page:
Rss_feed

Flute to alto sax

Asked by fau about 1 year ago, 3 answers.
Send me Fun Mail

If you have a piece of flute music in F major what do you transpose it to for alto sax?

Send this to a friend

Answered by pinkiiilambchop on Jan 22, 2007, 08:49PM
Send me Fun Mail | 9 answers.

I switched from French Horn to Alto Sax, so if that is possible I'm sure you can do anything.

Whiteboard portrate Answered by filletofspam on Feb 28, 2007, 01:54PM
Send me Fun Mail | 1900 answers.

Alto sax is an Eb instrument. In other words when an Alto sax sees a C they play Eb. In the case of the alto it is the Eb below the note on the treble clef.

When a flute sees a C they play C.

C is a Major 6th higher than Eb so to play flute music on alto sax you have to transpose up a Major 6th. e.g. when you see a C you will play an A. The piece is in F Major so it ends up in D Major. A trick to pick your keys for this transposition is to subtract flats or add sharps to the key signature 3 times. F Maj. has one flat so subtract that flat and add two sharps leaving you in D Maj. There are some accidentals that change. B natural in the key of F becomes G# in the key of D. When you are sight transposing you will sometimes have to mentally change naturals to sharps to get the right pitch; this is often what tripped me up when I was sight transposing.

.......... Answered by noname on Apr 11, 2007, 11:17PM
Send me Fun Mail | 60 answers.

well I play trumpet but I can play flute and sax music but it just sounds really high and since my mom plays flute and I used to play sax I've comparred them and the notes are about the same if I remember right

Answer this Question: "Flute to alto sax"

Your Answer: HTML is not allowed.


Back to top




 

Related Photos

stupid cupid kevin Mendeed!! C.O.B vs. C.O.F sigh. Conor Oberst--Bright Eyes. (: