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    RockinRobin
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      I’m looking at Mrs Robinson.
      Published key is F# minor. That is 3 sharps. What key or how many sharps will be in the backing tracks. how do i figure this stuff. If the music is A minor no sharps or flats, would the backing tracks be B minor like D with 2 sharps
      William

      #116254
      Anonymous

        a major scale has a related minor scale ex C major related to A minor,
        it gets me confused when there are three types of minor scales – harmonic minor, melodic minor and natural minor.
        So the sharps and flats change…

        #116263
        RockinRobin
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          I if the sheet music keg signature is one sharp, similar to key of G what is the key of backing track? F?
          William

          #116270
          Anonymous

            for G major scale (1 sharp), the relative minor is E minor

            my music sheet for the alto is a Mixolydian natural minor scale in E, which is relative to G major.
            So the sheet has F# taken from the G major scale, and being E natural minor mixolydian it also has G# and C#.

            so my backing track would be Mixolydian natural minor scale in E and not a G major scale backing track.

            #116311
            RockinRobin
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              Still working on Mrs Robinson. If the backing track is G minor, two flats would the sheet music be A minor,
              William

              #116312
              RockinRobin
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                I have to be two semi tones above the backing tracks since I blow tenor sax
                William

                #116314
                Anonymous

                  if you move G minor up 2 semitones that should be A minor,
                  the track could be a G mixolydian minor scale, in which case play C# and F# instead of C and F

                  #116316
                  RockinRobin
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                    I have the sheet music in A minor, no sharps or flats, similar to the key of C major. The backing track is downloaded in the key of G Minor , two flats like Bb
                    William

                    #116329
                    Anonymous

                      Sounds like you’ve sorted it out.

                      I play the alto, but i also practice on the EMEO midi saxophone (which can switch between concert key, Alto key and Tenor key).

                      Playing in Alto key, can also be confusing, as i have lots of concert key backing tracks mixed up with Alto key backing tracks.

                      normally if i play an Alto music sheet and the backing track is in concert key, i move the concert key backing track up or down by semitones in the software until the backing track is in Alto key – the other option is to keep the backing track in concert key and transpose the music sheet.

                      the only issue with transposing the music sheet, means i have to put the music sheet in some software and transpose it and then print it out. Far quicker for me to alter the backing track.

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