Cómo transportar una partitura para saxo tenor - Lección 7-2

In the previous tutorial, we discussed what a transposing instrument is. In this tutorial, we'll see how to transpose a tenor saxophone score. It's important to know how to transpose scores when playing the saxophone. Often, we'll find scores written for non-transposing instruments, such as piano, guitar, flute, and so on. We'll need to transpose both the melody and the chords in that score to play it in the correct key. If we don't transpose the tenor score, we'll be constantly playing a tone lower than the other musicians. This is because the tenor transposes a tone lower. For example, if we play a C, it will actually sound like a B-flat. When we transpose the original score to play it on the tenor saxophone, we'll notice that the sharps or flats in the melody will change. There are a series of rules that help us know how to do this correctly. In the example we chose to practice, the melody is in the key of G. We're going to have to transpose it to the key of A. This means we'll go from playing a melody with one sharp to playing melodies with three sharps. At this point, it's necessary to have a clear understanding of how scales are played. To do this, there's a free course on my website, which I recommend you take.