Nice work! The only thing I’d note is this group doesn’t play that E7 on the second bar of the A sections like the original changes. Stan doesn’t ever outline that chord and the rhythm doesn’t play it. I enjoyed seeing this one written out 🔥
Why does the sax player have to pretend the music is in G when it is in F for the rest of the band? What is the purpose of having it off a whole step? I have heard for easier fingering but I don't get it, the notes are the same ones pressed regardless of what you call them.
because of the tuning of the instruements and the range every horn has. you are right that it would make things a lot easier to have everything in concert key - however you could only have different instrument ranges in octaves and thats bad especially for larger ensembles i guess
The tenor saxophone is pitched in the key of Bb, like the trumpet. So, when a tenor player plays the note C it sounds like Bb on the piano. In the 1920s there was a saxophone craze, and all of the manufacturers made "C-Melody" saxophones, that were pitched in the key of C. So, C-melody sax plays a C, it's the same as a C on the piano, meaning that the sax player can read the piano music and it all works. Tenor is in Bb, Alto is in Eb. French horns are in F. Clarinets are usually in Bb. It's just how they are designed.
It’s to keep the notes near or on the staff. The physical range of the saxophone is higher than if you were to write it in a concert key resulting in a lot of ledger lines above the staff
@@sunshower1972 i think i get it now. It is easier for a sax player to change from tenor to alto sax by just changing the key of the song than it would be to have the alto sax work completely different from the tenor sax
@@sunshower1972 The concert-itch is a whole tone lower than the note in B=flat transposition, so the notes, written for the B-flat transposing instrument is a whole tone higher that concert-pitch. The result is more leger-lines above the staff, not fewer, as you suggest.
Great channel! Respect and thank you!
Thank you Mark great transcription of a great improviser
Nice work! The only thing I’d note is this group doesn’t play that E7 on the second bar of the A sections like the original changes. Stan doesn’t ever outline that chord and the rhythm doesn’t play it. I enjoyed seeing this one written out 🔥
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Why does the sax player have to pretend the music is in G when it is in F for the rest of the band? What is the purpose of having it off a whole step? I have heard for easier fingering but I don't get it, the notes are the same ones pressed regardless of what you call them.
because of the tuning of the instruements and the range every horn has. you are right that it would make things a lot easier to have everything in concert key - however you could only have different instrument ranges in octaves and thats bad especially for larger ensembles i guess
The tenor saxophone is pitched in the key of Bb, like the trumpet. So, when a tenor player plays the note C it sounds like Bb on the piano. In the 1920s there was a saxophone craze, and all of the manufacturers made "C-Melody" saxophones, that were pitched in the key of C. So, C-melody sax plays a C, it's the same as a C on the piano, meaning that the sax player can read the piano music and it all works. Tenor is in Bb, Alto is in Eb. French horns are in F. Clarinets are usually in Bb. It's just how they are designed.
It’s to keep the notes near or on the staff. The physical range of the saxophone is higher than if you were to write it in a concert key resulting in a lot of ledger lines above the staff
@@sunshower1972 i think i get it now. It is easier for a sax player to change from tenor to alto sax by just changing the key of the song than it would be to have the alto sax work completely different from the tenor sax
@@sunshower1972 The concert-itch is a whole tone lower than the note in B=flat transposition, so the notes, written for the B-flat transposing instrument is a whole tone higher that concert-pitch. The result is more leger-lines above the staff, not fewer, as you suggest.