Important:įor any B-flat instrument, you want to be playing notes that are 1 whole step (or 2 half steps) above the concert or “heard” note. The interval between the note or key that you play in (on a transposing instrument) and the actual note or key being heard (concert key) is constant.
So if you are playing along with other musicians or a backing track, and they are in the key of B-flat, you will want to play in the key of C on your tenor or soprano saxophone. The examples reflect how saxophone players typically visualize and think about transposing.
*tenor saxophones sound an octave lower than shown in the examples. This means that when you play the note C on a tenor or soprano saxophone, the note that is heard is actually a B-flat. *Tenor and soprano saxophones are in the key of B-flat. We refer to those instruments that don’t transpose as being in “ Concert” key or the key of C. This means that notes played on a saxophone will sound different from a note of the same name played on another instrument such as the piano or guitar. The saxophone is a transposing instrument. In case your are not 100% sure how transposition works, I’ve put together this concise saxophone transposition guide to clear things up.Ĭlick here to get a downloadable pdf of this guide.
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