What Concert to major scale- Alto Saxophone - E Flat Instrument?

Eb instruments are transposing instruments.

What this means is that when you are playing with a piano or a flute (non transposing instruments), if your band director were to say "Play a C", both of you would be playing a different note! The piano would be playing a "C", but you would be playing a note that SOUNDS like "Eb", even if you are fingering a "C".

If he says "Play a CONCERT C", then any transposing instruments must change their notes. So for CONCERT pitch, piano would still play a "C", but you would play an "A". Then, both of the notes would SOUND the same.

If your instructor gives you a CONCERT Bb... count down 3 half steps... Bb to A (1), A to Ab (2), Ab to G (3). You would play a G.

If you know your circle of fifths, you can just think about the relative minor and that's the note you start on... if not, don't worry about it for tomorrow, but it's something you should learn!

Good luck- and have fun!

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What Concert to major scale- Alto Saxophone - E Flat Instrument?

Well I already know the 12 major scales by notes and stuff, but my band teacher is going to test us by telling us to play the concert pitches scale. i.e. _____, play the F Concert major scale(which would be D Scale for the alto sax). By the way, I have only experienced with 1 year of alto sax, and...

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The Bb, C, C#, D, Eb, E, F and F# (concert Db, Eb, E, F, Gb, Ab and A) scales are easy, as they are within the normal range of the alto. The Bb concert (G on alto) requires altissimo on the highest G, as well as the remaining ascending scales. By far, the easiest is the Concert Eb Major scale (C Major on Alto), as this has no sharps or flats and is well within the horn's range.

heres how transposing instruments work,...Eb alto sax means when you play a "C" you hear a concert Eb! so every other note is going to be the same interval from concert sounding pitch. concert Bb=written G

concert D=written B and so on,...

the easiest trick to find which scale you need to play, if your director calls out any scale-you play the scale that starts on the 6th note of the scale he calls for.

when your teacher says a concert pitch, move down 3 half notes.