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Position:Home>Performing Arts> Saxophone Scales??Question:I need some help with two sax scales. What notes do I play for a Concert A flat and Concert G on an Alto? Help!! Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I need some help with two sax scales. What notes do I play for a Concert A flat and Concert G on an Alto? Help!! The Concert A-flat scale will be an F scale on the alto and the Concert G scale will be an E scale for you. The F scale is: F G A Bb C D E F The E scale is: E F# G# A B C# D# E i am curruntly playing in my school band on an alto sax too ive been playin for 5 years now so here are the scales concert A flat: E, G, A, B flat, C, D,E, F, and the same then down Concert G: E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#, E, then the same thing down Hope that helped! :) Alto Sax sounds a major 6th lower than written, so when you hear "concert pitch," you have to think a major 6th up (9 half steps). So for concert A-flat, you would play an F major scale, for concert G, you would play an E scale. Another way to think of it, is you always add three sharps (which can also be taking away three flats, etc.) to play on alto, thus concert C is your A, etc. If you think of the circle of fourths (from C through all the flats and sharp keys): C F Bb Eb Ab Db/C# Gb/F# Cb/B E A D G The transposed version for Alto sax would be: A D G C F Bb Eb Ab Db/C# Gb/F# Cb/B E Just think 3 spaces to the left of the concert pitch row to find the alto sax row. This also works on bari sax, which is also an E-flat horn. Hope that helps! |