[78-L] Operatic Sight Reading.

[Julian Vein]

On 12/12/11 16:39, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> Uh, your definition of transpose is slightly askew. It is not the
> ability to play in different keys, it is the ability to play in a key
> that is different from the key written on the sheet music. So, if a song
> is written in E but the vocalist's natural key is F# a pianist who can
> transpose has the ability to play in F# (or any other key) even though
> the score is in E.
> We won't even get in to horn transpositions!
> Malcolm
>
> *******
>
>
When one of us breaks into spontaneous song, how do we know which note 
to start on?

       Julian Vein