On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 12:19:09PM +1200, RussellMc wrote:
> Another Joe wrote:
>=20
> "When a baritone saxophone player has to transpose sheet music from cello=
,
> he (few women are drawn to the instrument) merely pretends that the music
> is written in treble clef rather than bass, eyeballs it up an octave, and
> then plays without the octave key pressed down. [...]

Indeed.  The skill of transposition on the fly can be developed for
any instrument, with some intervals easier than others.

Some old music of mine:
http://quozl.linux.org.au/tonality/table.phtml

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James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/
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