Yamaha YVS-120 Venova YVS-120 Lets Play Venova - Page 3
Introduction - alto venova
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Introduction The Alto Venova is a transposing instrument. With a transposing instrument, the notes you play sound different than the notes that are written in the score. Many wind instruments work this way, including saxophones, clarinets and trumpets. This makes it very easy to switch from one instrument to another in the same family, because even though the sound is different, the fingerings are all the same. The Alto Venova works the same way. If you already know the fingerings for the Venova, you can use those same fingerings on the Alto Venova. Instrument/scale Notes written in the score Alto Venova in F qqqqq C D E F G Venova in C qqqqq C D E F G Actual pitch of the notes qqqqq F G A Bb C qqqqq C D E F G In this book, the fingering charts and sample songs have already been transposed to F for the Alto Venova. However, remember that if you play the Alto Venova with other instruments or with background music, it is a transposing instrument in F, so the music you play also needs to be transposed to F. If you would prefer to learn the non-transposed fingerings for the way the notes actually sound, we have provided a concert pitch fingering chart in the supplement at the end of this manual. Enjoy your new Alto Venova! Let's play Venova™ ! 13