the way I started learning tranposition is interval + key signature. After a while of doing it that way it pretty much turned into reading clefs. Anyway I started by figuring out my interval and then figuring out my key signature, then it just took practice. So for H ( B natural ) I would read down a 5th and my key sign is 6 sharps or F#. The reason it is 6 sharps is because B major has 5 sharps and you have to add a sharp for the one flat built into the F horn ( key of F has one flat ). So read down a 5th and everything is sharp except B. Of course you need to prepare yourself when the occasional accidental shows up.
Herbert Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Then again, you could transpose to C, then down 1/2 step to get the fingerings. Ultimately, as pointed out, you would memorize it. Herb Foster --- Klaus Bjerre wrote: > --- Christine Ranson wrote: > > > I managed to avoid this throughout my rep exams in my degree, but now it's > a requested piece of > > rep for a rather important audition which is very soon. > > > > I CANNOT get my head around B natural! > > > > Does anybody have any tips to go about sight the initial sight reading of > it? (Bar the obvious > > listening to it/learning it by heart?) > > > > Every time I look at it I get frightened & look at the other rep instead! > ... > When the B natural basso transposition is called for, then play it like you > would play the Bb > basso transposition. Only with the twist, that you do not mentally armour > your sense of tonality > with 1 flat, but with 6 mental sharps. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/ndspmustang%40yahoo.com --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
