Confused about clarinet sheet music.?

I'm going to buy a C Lyons clarinet.





I am new to the instrument, so can I play sheet music for a Bb clarinet, or must I transpose it to the key of C.?Confused about clarinet sheet music.?
A C clarinet sounds different than a Bb clarinet, and transposes differently. A Bb Clarinet transposes the same way as a trumpet, which is a whole step up. If you're getting a C clarinet, it does not transpose at all, like flutes and oboes. If you want to play music that's written for Bb clarinet and you want it to sound in the same key, then you'll have to transpose it down a whole step from what's written in the Bb Clarinet sheet music.





Example:


If a flute plays an A, you must play a Bb on a Bb clarinet, or an A on a C clarinet for them to sound the same.


If a C is written on your Bb Clarinet sheet music, on the C clarinet it's played as a Bb.





Hope I helped.Confused about clarinet sheet music.?
Don't buy a C clarinet. The vast majority of clarinet music is written for a B flat clarinet. The B flat is the standard instrument that most people learn on, the C clarinet is really only useful for very small children whose hands aren't big enough to play the bigger B flat instrument.





You can play normal (B flat) music on a C clarinet, but you'll have to transpose it if you want to play with other instruments. Every note that you see will have to be transposed a tone down. Not only that, but some pieces will be virtually impossible to play. The clarinet is easy to play in certain keys and a nightmare to play in others. Music written in the key of A flat major is quite easy to play, but if you have to transpose it, it will be in F sharp (or G flat) major, which is really, really difficult.
You must transpose it to the key of C.


To do that, you just lower the notes on a Bb clarinet by 2 semitones.


So here is conversion chart. Bb notes are on the left and C is on the right.





E = D


F = Eb


F# = E


G = F


G# = F#


A = G


A# = G#


B = A


C = A#


C# = B


D = C


D# = C#
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Lesson 3 - Measures and Time Signature


Lesson 4 - Rest Duration


Lesson 5 - Dots and Ties


Lesson 6 - Simple and Compound Meter


Lesson 7 - Odd Meter


Lesson 8 - Steps and Accidentals


Lesson 9 - The Major Scale


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Lesson 11 - Introduction to Major Chords


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Lesson 32 - Nonharmonic Tones


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Lesson 34 - Circle Progressions


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Lesson 42 - Instrument Ranges


Lesson 43 - Introduction to the pentatonic scale


Lesson 44 - Introduction to Modes


Lesson 45 - Degrees of the scale


Lesson 46 - Introduction to Triads
If the Bb clarinet was playing c major, the C clarinet would sound the same if it plays Bb major.


You put the notes a tone lower and must look for sharps or flats in the key signiture. The key goes down one...


So... Bb Clarinet = E major


C clarinet= D major





Bb Clarinet= G major


C clarinet= F major


ect





Hope this helps





xxx
No, you can play sheet music for a Bb clarinet I believe :]
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