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Originally Posted by Manny Laureano Jeremy,
I learned at first by interval until I started studying with Vacchiano who used a variety of clefs to teach it.
I use C clefs for Ab and C transposition, Bass clef for D trumpet. The others I do by interval but by this point they feel like clefs of a sort. I learned all my transpositions on the Bb.
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Ah, I like the idea of Bass Clef for D trumpet.. If only I had have known that before I had a D (well, an extended borrow of a D!)
Bass clef also works when playing C trumpet parts on an A. E.g. Vivaldi's double concerto!.. although, when the guy suggested it to me when I had to play this on Christmas eve, my mind went BLANK and I immediatly ran for my Bb leadpipe for my picc!
I had to play the second part, and did I make a mess, oh Yes I did.. I put it down to never having seen the music before the rehearsal (an hour before the service! not always a good idea) and years of listening to the concerto without realising I was always more focused on the 1st part.. sounds wierd?
To practice transposition, I was told to get out those old learner books full of familiar tunes.. (Anyone remember Tune a Day ?? I was never good enough for this, I had to use Tune a Week
) and transpose them into different keys. The familiarity of the tunes would ensure that you spotted wrong notes immediately.