How to transpose up a major second

How do you transpose up a major second? By now you should have a good understanding of how to keep your note the same pitch between treble, bass, alto and tenor clef. You should also be able to confidently move up and down an octave in all four of these clefs and between them! If … Read more

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How to transpose down an octave

In the last transposition blog, part 4, we discussed how to transpose up an octave between the four main clefs, treble, bass, alto and tenor!  If you haven’t had a chance to read the previous Transposition Basics post, take a look here! This week we will look at how to transpose DOWN an octave. Let’s … Read more

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How to transpose up an octave!

In the last blog post, we covered how to move between the four main clefs (Treble, Bass, Alto and Tenor). We paid particular attention to keeping the notes the same pitch. In this post we will learn how to transpose up an octave This is a very common question in theory papers and an excellent … Read more

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How to transpose in the tenor clef, an overview!

As before, make sure you check out the previous blog posts to this! This post will be discussing how to transpose in the tenor clef. Part 1 and Part 2 can be found here.  We have so far covered three different clefs, including treble, bass and alto clef. However, there is one more to look at! … Read more

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Transposing into the alto clef, an overview!

If you haven’t yet had a read, take yourself over to the blog article, Transposition Basics Part 1. In last weeks post we explored why we need to transpose and where it is best to start. Transposition is one of those topics that sends fear into many of my theory students and in this short blog … Read more