if you see a C major scale on paper, you play your C major scale. composers take into account each instrument’s transposition and write music as it should be played on your instrument. When reading music, you will always play the scale or key relative to your instrument. these scales will sound the same but will be played differently depending on the instrument. on alto sax, a concert C scale would be an A major scale. on tenor sax, a concert C scale would be a D major scale. If you wanted to play the C major scale that you play on a piano (referred to as concert pitch), then these scales are different because each instrument’s notes are tuned to different reference notes.
each scale will sound different, but they are both C major scales for that instrument. that being said, a C major scale will be played the same on every saxophone. tenor sax is tuned where a C is a Bb on a piano. The way you asked the question is confusing, but it can also be a confusing topic.Īlto sax is tuned in a way where a C is the same note as an Eb on a piano. If you read the incorrect part, you will be in the wrong key. When you are playing written music make sure that it is written for your instrument. This means that when you play a "C" on those instruments it will sound the same as if a guitar/piano/bass is playing a E-flat.īut for all saxophones the fingering for C in the staff is left hand middle finger by itself. This means that when you play a "C" on those instruments it will sound the same as if a guitar/piano/bass is playing a B-flat.Īlto/bari saxes are "E-flat instruments". Tenor/soprano saxes are "B-flat instruments". If you are trying to play with other instruments, then you need to know that almost all saxes are "transposing instruments" It will be written the same way for each saxophone and the fingerings will be the same. A C major scale will be played C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C on any saxophone. If you are interested in learning to handle the instrument, then for your purposes C is C.
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