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Transposing Advice Needed.


Datdrewboy

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The old-school answer would be to play the piece in Tenor clef.

The more reasonable answer would be to get out Sibby or Finale and transpose the part yourself.

Or...you could learn Bass Clef and treble clef and you're good.

BTW, there's no transposition difference between C Tuba and B.C. Baritone.

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I would recommend learning all the clefs. The Baritone is a middle ground instrument. Many times a piece will have only a t.c. baritone part, or just a b.c. bari part. But then sometimes you will run into the C clef. As for tuba parts, they are not transposed. It is the Tuba it self that may be in another key(BBb, CC, F, Eb, Bb).

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Tuba parts sometimes transpose: it depends where you're from.

I also reccommend that you learn treble and bass clefs. I would also learn tenor, but that's a distant priority.

As to the original question, it's a bit vague. In treble clef, is the baritone transposing as a Bb instrument? If so, then you'll just have to 1) think of the instrument as being "in Bb" rather than "in C", and 2) learn bass clef.

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I'd rather learn the fingerings than transpose, myself. You just need to learn that in order to play baritone in bass clef that all Bb's, your two F's, and your middle-high D are all open notes. Basically the Bb overtone series. Once you learn your open notes it's not difficult to figure out the valve combinations that fill the notes in between your open series. Your Bb overtone series in bass clef would probably look like it's in G to you since you may be used to treble clef. Try to learn the fingerings and not transpose. When in doubt, follow a simple rule

T.C. baritone - low C, G, C, E, G, high C ... are your open notes - looks like trumpet notes, same fingering

B.C. baritone - Bb, F, Bb, D, F, high Bb four legder lines above the staff... are your open notes.

CC tuba - C below bass clef, then G, C, E, G, C, are your open notes. (only if your PLAYING an actual tuba!)

And make sure your just learn your bass clef if you haven't already. Just like FACE with the spaces for treble clef, think of

All Cows Eat Grass to remember the spaces for the bass clef. You're not transposing, you're just learning that the lines and spaces mean different notes from the treble clef that you're used to.

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