what is a a flat concert scale for a b flat clarinet?

Question

10 points for the first right scale:

Like said, what is the A flat concert scale for a B flat Clarinet?

Answer 1

The concert Ab scale is the clarinet scale of Bb ( Bb, C, D , Eb, F, G, A, Bb) . Concert scales are transposed up one step to get the scale to be played by the clarinet. The concert Eb scale would be the clarinet F scale, the concert F scale would be the clarinet G scale, concert Gb scale would be the clarinet Ab scale and so forth.

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Answer 2

Your question is unclear.

If you are asking what concert scale is being played when the Bb clarinet is playing an Ab scale, then the answer is Gb/F#.

If you are asking what scale the Bb clarinet is playing when the concert scale is Ab, then the answer is Bb.

Answer 3

When the director calls for a concert pitch scale, go up to half steps and start on that scale. Using half-steps instead of steps helps me remember the accidentals.

If he asks for Ab concert -- start on Bb (two half steps are Ab to A and A to Bb)

If he asks for C concert then you start on D (C to Db/C# and Db/C# to C)

This works for all of the scales when going from concert pitch to Bb clarinet (or trumpet or baritone or tenor sax...)

To go the other way -- just go down two half steps.

If you are playing a scale that starts on D and you need to know what the concert pitch is then you go down from D. (D to Db and Db to C) That means your D scale is C concert.

The Ab major concert scale on a Bb instrument is:

Bb C D Eb F G A Bb (the key of Bb has two flats, Bb and Eb)