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...if all the notes are playable.
OK, daft question number 147 coming up. And I feel I should know the answer to this, but also feel I should ask.
I'm prompted to ask it since downloading two versions of the tune "Summertime" from an online school for Saxophone, I subscribe to. One version of the tune is in Bm (2 sharps) and marked "for Tenor Saxophone" the other version of the tune is in F# minor (3 sharps) and marked "for alto sax".
The tune is playable in Bm on the alto - although obviously it's higher in tone. It's easier for me, as the fingering of low C# (which is in the F# minor version) is still a bit unfamiliar to me.
Is there an reason why it would be written in the lower key for the alto, given that all the notes can be reached in the tenor version; and are there keys that are better suited for each instrument?
Stephen
OK, daft question number 147 coming up. And I feel I should know the answer to this, but also feel I should ask.
I'm prompted to ask it since downloading two versions of the tune "Summertime" from an online school for Saxophone, I subscribe to. One version of the tune is in Bm (2 sharps) and marked "for Tenor Saxophone" the other version of the tune is in F# minor (3 sharps) and marked "for alto sax".
The tune is playable in Bm on the alto - although obviously it's higher in tone. It's easier for me, as the fingering of low C# (which is in the F# minor version) is still a bit unfamiliar to me.
Is there an reason why it would be written in the lower key for the alto, given that all the notes can be reached in the tenor version; and are there keys that are better suited for each instrument?
Stephen