Sweet Dreamer
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Ok, you'll have to excuse me because this is very confusing and I'm well-confused.
I'm studying minor keys and transposing scales for Bb instruments. So here's the problem.
I have a sheet music program with two staffs. The top staff is in concert pitch. The second staff down is for a Bb instrument.
I wanted to write the Eb minor scale for the Bb instrument and I wanted it to show up as Eb minor in the key signature of the Bb instrument staff. So what key would I need to set the concert staff to?
I'm thinking that I would need to set it to Db minor. But there is no Db minor on my sheet music program. Instead I need to use C# minor. Ok, that's fine. That works since these are enharmonic keys. The only problem is that this places the Bb instrument staff in D# minor instead of Eb minor.
I mean, it's the same notes since these are enharmonic keys. But I wanted to write it and play it as Eb minor and not as D# minor. It's just easier for me to wrap my mind around Eb minor than D# minor.
But what can I do if there is no Db minor choice for the concert staff? Is that a big no-no to write things in Db minor? Is there no such key signature?
It does appear that I can create a "user defined key" to accomplish this feat. But then it looks really weird on concert staff.
Do trumpet and tenor sax players basically just learn to recognize D#m instead of Ebm?
Is that the key they would normally see in concert sheet music? (I mean in terms of seeing D#m instead of Ebm?)
I hope I'm just confused.
I'm studying minor keys and transposing scales for Bb instruments. So here's the problem.
I have a sheet music program with two staffs. The top staff is in concert pitch. The second staff down is for a Bb instrument.
I wanted to write the Eb minor scale for the Bb instrument and I wanted it to show up as Eb minor in the key signature of the Bb instrument staff. So what key would I need to set the concert staff to?
I'm thinking that I would need to set it to Db minor. But there is no Db minor on my sheet music program. Instead I need to use C# minor. Ok, that's fine. That works since these are enharmonic keys. The only problem is that this places the Bb instrument staff in D# minor instead of Eb minor.
I mean, it's the same notes since these are enharmonic keys. But I wanted to write it and play it as Eb minor and not as D# minor. It's just easier for me to wrap my mind around Eb minor than D# minor.
But what can I do if there is no Db minor choice for the concert staff? Is that a big no-no to write things in Db minor? Is there no such key signature?
It does appear that I can create a "user defined key" to accomplish this feat. But then it looks really weird on concert staff.
Do trumpet and tenor sax players basically just learn to recognize D#m instead of Ebm?
Is that the key they would normally see in concert sheet music? (I mean in terms of seeing D#m instead of Ebm?)
I hope I'm just confused.
