Transpositions Available for Each Part in the ENSEMBLE CONCERT BOOKS SERIES

This chart describes each transposition available for each voice in the Ensemble Concert Books Series, along with a list of most of the instruments that can be appropriate for playing that part. This will give you a good idea of which books to order, based on which instruments you have. The preferred instruments for each part are highlighted in red.

SOPRANO 1:

In C. This part includes both the high octave, suitable for flute, piccolo, and violin, and the low octave, suitable for oboe or brass instruments in C.
In Bb. This part is suitable for trumpets, (soprano) clarinets, and soprano saxophones.
In Eb. This part is suitable for and voiced for the Eb soprano clarinet. It can also be played by an Eb sopranino saxophone. If necessary, it can be played by an alto saxophone, but it will not be in the right register, and it would be good if the alto sax player could play it an octave above the written notes.
In F. This part will be available only on request. Please allow six weeks for us to produce it. It is available in the event that a French horn or F trumpet is the only instrument you have to play this voice, and it will require a horn player with a good high range to play it.

SOPRANO 2:

In C. This part is voiced for oboe and violin. It is possible for a flute to play it as well, but this part will frequently be in the lower range for a flute and therefore might lose some power.
In Bb. This is the part to get for (soprano) clarinets, trumpets, and soprano saxophones.
In Eb. This part is voiced for alto saxophones and alto clarinets. It can also be played by an Eb soprano clarinet, but should be played an octave below the written notes.
In F. For French Horns.
In Alto Clef. For violas. This part is only available on request. Please allow six weeks for production.

ALTO:

In C. For violin, viola, or any other C-pitched instrument playing treble clef n the alto range.
In Bb. For soprano clarinets. It can also be played by a trumpet, as it has higher-octave cue notes for those notes that go below the range of a trumpet. It can also be played by tenor saxophones and treble clef baritone horn, but that player should play an octave above the written notes.
In Eb. For alto saxophones, and alto clarinets.
In F. For French Horns.
In Alto Clef. For violas, and those rare (and strange) trombone players who prefer to read alto clef. This part is only available on request. Please allow six weeks to produce it.
In Bass Clef. For trombones and baritone B.C. players. This part will usually be in the higher end of the range of these players, but not uncomfortably so.

TENOR:

In Bb. This is for tenor saxophones and baritone horns who play treble clef.
In Eb. This can be played by alto saxophones, although it will be somewhat low in their register.
In F. For French Horns. This is not the preferred instrument for this part, but they CAN play it.
In Tenor Clef. For violas, and others who prefer tenor clef. This part is only available on request. Please allow six weeks to produce it.
In Bass Clef. For trombones, baritone horns, and cellos. It can also be played by bassoons when needed.

BASS:

In Bb. For Bass clarinet and contra-bass clarinet. Also for Bass Saxophone and brass band type tuba/bass players who read Bb treble clef bass parts.
In Eb. For baritone saxophones and Eb Contra-alto Clarinets.
In F. For experienced horn players only. This part is only available on request. Please allow six weeks to produce it.
In Bass Clef - High. For string bass players.
In Bass Clef - Low - for tubas and bassoons.

MISCELLANEOUS PARTS:

Piano. If you cannot fill in all five other parts, adding a piano player may give you all the extra harmony notes you need.
Drum Set. While not required, adding a drum set to your performances, especially when you are using ten or more players, will definitely enhance the presentation.

Up through yesterday, I was hitting a concept roadblock on how to put content on two of the new tabs on the Celebrate America web page.

But on a bike ride this morning, I had ideas on how to solve both those issues.

SOLUTION TO DILEMMA 1

The first issue was this: I wanted to keep a log of who all has requested the music, what their group is, and when they plan to play the tune, and their location. I also need to keep email addresses and points of contact information, but I do not want to expose those to the public. However, I’d be happy to show everyone the requestors’ Group name, location, and date of expected or actual performance.

This was a head-scratcher, because I also didn’t want to have to jump through hoops to update this list every time someone requested the music.

The solution is Google Sheets. I can log the full information on a master sheet, then create a second sheet which is an automatic extract of only the sharable information from the first sheet, then embed that second sheet on the website for everyone to see. That way, they only see the sharable information and not the more sensitive stuff.

I’ve been able to embed Google Sheets docs on a website before, so that should work just fine. However, it still needs to be proven in practice.

SOLUTION TO DILEMMA 2

The other dilemma was what to do about the BLOG tab. This blog.

Again, I didn’t want to have to jump through hoops to create new blog posts, and have to endure a big hassle.

WordPress to the rescue. WordPress was originally a blogging platform, and it still has blogging DNA in its hear and core. So now I’m simply using the blogging capability of WordPress to write the Celebrate America Blog, and if you’re reading this now, the it probably worked just fine.

So, two dilemmas hopefully solved. All I need to do now is implement the solutions and cross my fingers that the solutions work as conceived.

Transpositions Available for Each Part in the ENSEMBLE CONCERT BOOKS SERIES

What is a VIRTUAL CONCERT?

And how do we make one?

Ideas for Two Tabs

SOLUTION TO DILEMMA 1

SOLUTION TO DILEMMA 2

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