The G below middle C

    
The G below middle C    15:33 on Monday, January 5, 2004          
(S)
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I play the tenor sax in honors band and in one of our pieces, call tatarian dances, in the third movement it has a G below middle C. I didn`t know this note was possible on a tenor sax. Is it a music flaw? or is it possible to extend my register?


Re: The G below middle C    12:46 on Sunday, January 11, 2004          
(M. A.)
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I don`t think that it is possible because there is only enough keys to go to the low Bb. But I may be wrong, after all, I`ve been playing for a year.


Re: The G below middle C    14:23 on Sunday, January 11, 2004          
(Tenorman)
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That note is never in existance with the tenor sax


Re: The G below middle C    17:58 on Monday, January 12, 2004          
(Amy)
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Just play that note an octave higher.


Re: The G below middle C    16:31 on Wednesday, January 14, 2004          
(Saxman)
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make sure you`re reading it right, that happens to me all the time, but a G is hard to mistake.


Re: The G below middle C    22:14 on Wednesday, January 14, 2004          
(Eric TGS)
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You might mistake that note as a G if it`s perhaps a low A. Most Baris today come equiped with a low A key, and I know there are some Altos and Tenors that have it as well, (these are rare though). If it is in fact a low A, you can just finger low Bb and stick your foot inside the bell...
Either way i`m sure it`s a transcription error. The person who arranged that piece for winds didn`t know what he or she was doing... Ya.. just play it an octave up.


   




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