Has anyone found an easy way to transpose from clefs? This is my situation---playing for church--trying to tranpose bass cleff (string bass-C instrument?) to treble cleff Bb instrument (bass clarinet). Any tips, hints, help greatly appreciated. Thanks! Beth
This is done in two steps:
1 - Change the key
2 - Change the clef
These are defined in our web site common questions, at:
/composer/faq2.htm#newclef
/composer/faq2.htm#changkey
And, also in the following forum threads:
msg #3
msg #4
I have figured out(and it works) that a decent part can be made by playing the bass part like it was a treble part, yet making the treble G(on the bass part) a C on the Bb clarinet. See Example below.
Bass Part>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------@----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Would be played on the treble instrument as>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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