What is Concert Pitch?
I've obviously seen the button, but what is it for (and the difference having it off)?
Do you still have an unanswered question? Please log in first to post your question.
I've obviously seen the button, but what is it for (and the difference having it off)?
Do you still have an unanswered question? Please log in first to post your question.
Comments
If you are writing for brass or wind ensemble with transposing instruments then the ability to view the score in concert pitch is useful.
Here are a couple pages I found that explain concert pitch (typing the phrase into a search engine will reveal more)
http://www.bandnotes.info/tidbits/scales/transposition.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_pitch
In reply to If you are writing for brass by David Bolton
One of the above links has:
"Clarinets ... are Bb instruments: when they play a C it sounds like a Bb on the piano"
Call me dim, but what is the point in this? Why bother labelling the "clarinet's C" as C, when it's really Bb? Why not actually label that note Bb (i.e. as it sounds relative to concert pitch) in the first place, and be done with transposing? In other words, why not just re-label its notes down a tone, so that they agree with the piano, etc.
I'm obviously missing something!
In reply to Concert pitch - general comment (OT MuseScore) by IanKR_
"Why bother labelling the "clarinet's C" as C, when it's really Bb?"
Answer: Tradition. It also means that a Clarinet player can play a Bb Clarinet and an A Clarinet without having to learn new fingerings.