I am in the sixth grade and I have a test coming up for my middle school band. We need to know the scales in concert form bt I can't find them anywhere on the internet, all I find is major scales. Can annyone help me turn major scales into concert?

Are you looking for just the notes for a particular scale?

And will your teacher say "play concert C major scale"? In that case, you will have to transpose.

I'd like to get an idea of what your teacher is expecting of you.

Well Toni helped me out =) Thanks guys! Toni, that made sense. Yes my teacher will asks up to play concert C scale but I only know the major sclaes.

Well now I know the concert scales.

Well Toni helped me out =) Thanks guys! Toni, that made sense. Yes my teacher will asks up to play concert C scale but I only know the major sclaes.

Well now I know the concert scales.

Thanks.... me too....

"Concert scales" could be major, minor scale, or even blues scales. The concert part is just refering to the pitch of the notes. When your band director/teacher says "Lets play a Bb Concert Scale", he most likey means a Bb Major Scale in Concert Pitch. So you would paly a C Major sacle on the clarinet.
The point I'm trying to make is that the Concert Scales are no big deal. They're just any scale, but in concert pitch.
Tell me if there's any thing you don't understand.


YOu should learn to transpose. In my youth orchestra I play a peice designed for an "A" and later in the piece, a "B" clarinet!

-Daniel

do you know the circle of fourths/fifths?
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.guitarplayer.com/Pictures/web/k/f/b/0206_master_class_chart.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.guitarplayer.com/pop-up.asp%3Fstorycode%3D12698%26seq%3D1%26type%3DP&h=414&w=370&sz=12&hl=en&start=5&tbnid=TQVWy1xQC6BPPM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=112&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcircle%2Bof%2Bfourths%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-USfficial%26sa%3DN

i find it easier, rather than memorizing teh equivalents, to merely think back two steps on the circle. however, i learned the circle counterclockwise compared to that chart... i learned C F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb/F# B E A D G C

so you take the concert pitch name, and move two steps to find the clarinet-name for the note. my directions, that's two steps counter clockwise, but on the chart i gave you the link for, it's two clockwise.

or just think a whole step up: if your teacher says concert F, you will play a G. If he says B, you play C#. et cetera.