Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture
In creating an advanced-level composition featuring Trumpet in Bb and Alto Saxophone in Eb playing together, what intervallic relationship should their written parts have for them to produce identical concert pitches?
If an orchestral score displays a passage written in C major for an A clarinet to perform with correct concert pitch tuning, what key should the clarinetist read while playing?
Which instrument sounds an octave lower than the written pitch?
In which way does the harmonic minor differ from the natural minor?
If you were to write a melody for a clarinet in A that is intended to sound at concert pitch with an orchestral string section, which transposition would result in the correct sounding pitch when played?
What would be the resulting key of an F horn part transposed into concert pitch if the original is notated in G minor?
If a composer writes a clarinet part in B-flat, how will it sound when played on an A clarinet, assuming the player reads the music as written without transposing?
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Question #4: Which brass instrument typically requires no transposition when reading music at concert pitch?
How must written notes be altered for a piccolo trumpet in Bb so it concert tunes with a C trumpet playing the same melody an octave lower?
If an F horn player wants to play a written C to match the concert pitch F, what fingering should they use?