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Most clarinets play in the key of Bb, although A-clarinets are quite common too.

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When you want to play along with non-transposing instruments, something has to happen with your notes...

If you have access to the notes as written in C (as for piano, flute or violin) it's an easy trick:

goto the part modification dialog,. select transposition C to Bb and you're done.

 

For a clarinet in A more or less same story, only select transposition C to A.

 

Now what if you have a part written for tenor saxophone and want to use ith with your A clarinet ?

In the part modification dialog,. select transposition Eb to A and that's it.

 

Say, if you have a piece of music written in D major (two sharps) for the violins with a Bb-clarinet part coming with 4 sharps, and you want to play that piece with your A-clarinet?

In the part modification dialog,. select transposition Bb to A and that's it.

 

It might be useful to use fingering-symbols like L or R for clarinet parts.

To make sure that a clarinet sounds (more or less) like a clarinet use the instrument dialog

 

see also:

     how to arrange music

     cello

     tuba

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