How do you transpose? I know it's a dumb question but I'm a beginner.

Transposing generally refers to taking music and putting it in either another key or another octive (or both). it depends what you're transposing to and from: for instance, transposing flute music to be played on clarinet would be different than transposing sax music to clarinet, or french horn, et cetera.

I want to play music that is normally for piano on my clarinet

You can do it the easy way and read as is, just adjust the key signature accordingly by adding two sharps (c major in piano - d major in clarinet, Bb major in piano - c major in clarinet, etc.). Or, if you'd rather, take everything up one whole step.

I know what transposing is...I just didn't know I had to do it reading from piano music....I guess I need some tips

thanks grieg...

if you're playing it by yourself on clarinet, you don't really need to transpose... it'll just sound in a different key. but if you want to play it along at the same time as the piano music is played you'd need to.

Yea, I play at church and it'll usually be a Piano, Alto Sax, Flutes, Cellos playing music so I will have to transpose....

When transposing from the piano to the B-flat clarinet, the clarinet part will be a WHOLE STEP down than the piano part, thus when the piano plays a C, you will play a B-flat.

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You are wrong. WRONG!

Where did you get your doctorate in music theory?

PATHETIC!!

You have to compensate for the change in the key. It's two whole steps down. So if you are reading a "C" on the piano part you would want to play an "A" on the clarinet to get the same sounding pitch.

Don't listen to Phil. The b-flat clarinet sounds two half steps lower than c instruments, so when a piano plays a C, the clarinet has to RAISE that two half steps and play a D.

There are transposition charts on the web.

noteworthy player is correct on this subject.

you transpose up two half steps (or one whole step) from the note a c instrument is playing, aka the concert pitch in order to sound the same. Concert A-flat would be clarinet B-flat. Concert E would be clarinet F-sharp.