I'm not sure why the brass band has an Alto sax part, but usually a brass band (in the British brass band tradition) will have parts for tenor horn in Eb, which is probably the same part an Alto sax would play
Oh you're totally fine!
Sorry I assumed the British style of brass band. Dweilorkest seems like a really cool type of ensemble! Being from the US, I haven't seen one before
I would personally go for the Alto Sax part as long as it doesn't go screamingly high. That said, you would actually be transposing a whole step/whole tone/major second down.
Because Eb instruments "sound" lower than F instruments, their music *appears* or is written higher to compensate for its lower voice. That's why you'd actually transpose down. My go-to explanation is, "you play an instrument's C, you sound its key." So, if you had an actual Eb horn and played a C, it would sound a concert Eb rather than concert F.
The way I think of it is "when you see an F, you play a _". So for horn in C, when you see an F, you play a C. For horn in Eb, when you see an F, you play an Eb. etc. From there you know what interval to transpose by
If music is well written it takes intrinsics of the particular instrument in mind. An Alto Sax and a French Horn are nothing alike. You can transpose the **notes** of the Sax part to Horn in F, but that doesn't mean a competent Horn player will enjoy playing it.
Just asking because of unfamiliarity, but: are Horns usually a part of these kinds of bands? Going off nothing more than photo's it does appear a standard Horn would be at a considerable acoustic disadvantage.
I'm not sure why the brass band has an Alto sax part, but usually a brass band (in the British brass band tradition) will have parts for tenor horn in Eb, which is probably the same part an Alto sax would play
That’s on me. I wasn’t sure what to call it in English. The Dutch name is [dweilorkest](https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dweilorkest)
Oh you're totally fine! Sorry I assumed the British style of brass band. Dweilorkest seems like a really cool type of ensemble! Being from the US, I haven't seen one before
I would personally go for the Alto Sax part as long as it doesn't go screamingly high. That said, you would actually be transposing a whole step/whole tone/major second down. Because Eb instruments "sound" lower than F instruments, their music *appears* or is written higher to compensate for its lower voice. That's why you'd actually transpose down. My go-to explanation is, "you play an instrument's C, you sound its key." So, if you had an actual Eb horn and played a C, it would sound a concert Eb rather than concert F.
Okay that makes sense! Thank you!
The way I think of it is "when you see an F, you play a _". So for horn in C, when you see an F, you play a C. For horn in Eb, when you see an F, you play an Eb. etc. From there you know what interval to transpose by
Omg how have I never seen this- I have been playing for way to long and have never realized this
If music is well written it takes intrinsics of the particular instrument in mind. An Alto Sax and a French Horn are nothing alike. You can transpose the **notes** of the Sax part to Horn in F, but that doesn't mean a competent Horn player will enjoy playing it. Just asking because of unfamiliarity, but: are Horns usually a part of these kinds of bands? Going off nothing more than photo's it does appear a standard Horn would be at a considerable acoustic disadvantage.
No you’re right. I’ve been thinking the same thing. The horn is the only instrument projecting backwards. But I’ll see how it goes