JuliusGroove Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I'm purchasing the Latin Real Book however I can see it is available in multiple keys.. C, Bb and Eb.. A recommendations on which to purchase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlloyd Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 C Try to get bass clef. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlloyd Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Bb is for tenor sax, clarinet, trumpet, etc. Eb is for alto sax, baritone sax, and a few others. They're all transposing instruments... when you read a C as written on the page, the instrument actually plays a Bb or Eb. Sounds confusing, but there are very good reasons for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 C. No question (they don't do a bass clef version). For the sake of completion, the reason other keys are available is for what are called 'transposing instruments'. In short, some horns play a whole tone higher than concert so when you play a C, they would play a concert D so, in order for it all to work, the sheet music is transposed down a whole tone to Bb so, when they play a note 'as written', it sounds a whole tone lower than the note would normally indicate were it not a transposing instrument. Other instruments are a minor third lower so, in order for it to work, the music is transposed [i]up[/i] a minor third to Eb. There are other transposing instrument but, in popular music, C (treble and bass clef), Bb and Eb usually covers it. What came as a revelation to me as I became more and more familiar with writing for horns (I polay a saxophone but only at a VERY rudimentary level), was that reading a Bb clef and and Eb clef does NOT require new learning like, say, a treble clef and a bass clef would. A C on a Bb chart requires the saxophonist to put his or her fingers on the same notes which they would a C on an Eb chart. The chart does the transposition, not the horn player. It's all quite simple really, it just sounds complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuliusGroove Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Ah yeah I don't think they do a bass clef version :/ Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuliusGroove Posted January 1, 2014 Author Share Posted January 1, 2014 Just found this: [url="http://www.amazon.com/The-Latin-Real-Easy-Book/dp/1883217709"]http://www.amazon.com/The-Latin-Real-Easy-Book/dp/1883217709[/url] Its not the official latin Real book but it is in bass clef.. Anybody own this or seen it? Publisher is Sher Music Co Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enricogaletta Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 [quote name='JuliusGroove' timestamp='1388590889' post='2323741'] Just found this: [url="http://www.amazon.com/The-Latin-Real-Easy-Book/dp/1883217709"]http://www.amazon.co...k/dp/1883217709[/url] Its not the official latin Real book but it is in bass clef.. Anybody own this or seen it? Publisher is Sher Music Co [/quote] Nope, anyway try it, if something isn't good you can always return it. Amazon is one of the best store on the planet for the customer care and return policy ;-) Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foal30 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 there was a bass clef version when I was at Jazz School here is link to latest(?) one [url="http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Book-Sixth-Edition/dp/0634060767"]http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Book-Sixth-Edition/dp/0634060767[/url] because I was pushed for time to learn sh*t the Bass Clef version I found easier. In treble clef as soon as it was above the stave I switch back to bass clef. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB26354 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 That was the "fake" real book if iirc, and I frequently became confused when tunes didn't seem to be right, only to find that it was littered with mistakes. It depends if you're just going to play a bass line. If so it probably doesn't matter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuliusGroove Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 It's the Latin Real book I'm looking for, I've got a copy of the normal real book in bass clef lying around somewhere.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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