How to Read in Tenor Clef (on the cello) | How To Music | Sarah Joy

[@margaretsaid8524]

Just exactly what I have been looking for. Thank you. started to play cello in my 50s. I am now 80. I had to stop 4 years ago and now hoping to get back into playing. I was shocked to find I had forgotten most of what I had learned. This was the biggest hurdle for me. You explain it very well. Many thanks.I will have to follow you on instagram once I get used to that.

[@jeanasmith4024]

Thanks, get it!

[@TylerDaleJr.McCarty]

5 years later and this video is still helping beginner cellists! I'm 24, been playing less than a year, and my teacher already has me about to tackle Tarantella Op.23 . This will help me get a headstart. Thank you Ms. Sarah Joy!

[@sasha206]

My teacher just told me a couple weeks ago that I needed to start learning tenor clef, so my I can start playing more challenging music. Thank you SO much!

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

+Sasha Numbers tenor clef shows up a lot in more advanced music! I'm so glad I could help. :D

[@madynotmadi]

This really helped me prepare for my audition for the DSO Civic Youth Ensemble. Thank you so much!

[@hyeongtaeyun375]

Your the best internet teacher Just saying no hates to the other ones

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

That's a big compliment!!

[@dhanishkumarchinniah8494]

WOW THIS WAS SO CLEAR AND YOU MADE IT SO EASY!! THANK YOU!!

[@marichristian1072]

I really like your string swap trick. I can remember the panic I used to feel when the music suddenly switches from bass to tenor clef and back again to bass. Thank you.

[@JacquesKinnaerCello]

Totally makes sense, and answers something (in part) what I had been wondering about for a while: how do different clefs relate to each other. Thanks :-)

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

+Jacques Kinnaer So glad it makes sense! I was worried! It's kind of tricky to explain.

[@JacquesKinnaerCello]

You do that very well. Nothing to worry about. You're a wonderful teacher and I am very glad to have found you :-)

[@bradg8351]

Sarah, Thanks again for the value information

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

+Brad G of course! 😊

[@amandaduffy2324]

Thank you for making that so simple, I will now go and put it into practise x

[@magicdaveable]

I just treated Bass, Tenor, Treble Clefs as 3 overlapping "translations" of a "single language." Granted that is a bad explanation but by the time I learned about the Tenor Clef the other 2 Clefs were already relatively easy to read. I was about 10 yrs. old at the time. That was over 60 years ago.

[@mehalshelare8142]

Wow you’ve been playing a long time

[@adventuredenali]

So very helpful! I've watched both your tenor clef and treble clef videos and am ready to tackle Shroeder!

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

Ah yes, Schroeder :D

[@elyssedavega]

that thing you mentioned about just moving over a string.. that wouldn't work for a tenor clef G (one ledger line above staff) would it? since a cello in bass clef doesn't have an E string.. that only works for the lower notes, i just about confused myself to death!!

[@RolandHutchinson]

You can still use the trick if you think about playing C (middle C) in bass clef up in position on the D string, then move it over to the A string to play the tenor clef G. But for everyone at some point -- depending on the person and how their mind works, and how much music they have to play in tenor clef, and other factors -- it just becomes easier to abandon the "trick" and just get in the habit of reading directly in the tenor clef. You may have reached that point when you asked this question!

[@E_MZ_]

Roland Hutchinson yeah, my cello teacher told me about this trick. It wasn’t confusing, but I would rather just learn the clef and master it as written instead transposing in my mind.

[@jasminestrehl2913]

this was so incredibly helpful thank you

[@MRods47]

This clicks right in, thank you!

[@PrinceBigG]

Wow I thought I would never get it but you helped me so much, thanks a lot! 😁

[@islaxbella]

Thank you!!! This helps so much for all region music

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

Oh great! Hope your tryout goes well!

[@lilmcchick4968]

Thank you so much! I was so confused. I thought it was alto clef, but now I know it's tenor clef 😌

[@SillyCatGrape]

Wow, this helped me so much, you're great at explaining this, thank you!

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

Oh awesome!! I'm glad it was able to help

[@americanrockclimbing132]

Really great I think I got it.

[@ssmaktoum]

Thank you for this awesome video Sarah!!!! Was so clear and methodical ❤️ you!!! 🎶

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

I'm so glad that it helped!!

[@lightfinderphotography9839]

Thank you, love the fifth up trick, solves a lot of mystery and makes tenor clef so much less intimidating...

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

+Lightfinder Photography Indeed! And it's especially useful because you can just think about playing in Bass Clef, just one string over.

[@juancruzbalverdinieto6228]

Gracias! estoy aprendiendolo y me sirve muchisimo

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

+JuanCruz Balverdi :D No problem! So glad it can help.

[@alexclausen5376]

omg! brilliant!

[@marinatolmacheva231]

Appreciated much !!!🙏🏻 exactly what o was looking for

[@lolab6307]

yo this helps but my teacher is teaching me on the D string in like 3rd (one of those in betweeny positions) and this is in 1st so i was just wondering if you could do a video on that

[@Andersouza]

Very useful. I already read treble and bass clef, and is too much harder to learn a third clef. Thank you so much..

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

+Anderson Souza Really, once you get used to it, it's not so bad!

[@Niketu827]

Thanks a lot. i'm playing the Shostakovich Waltz no. 2 in my high school and this helped

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

Great!! That'll be a fun performance. :)

[@Ah00060]

Just to let you know on the first written scale if you read the 11th note (F) in tenor clef across the string as a B it would be finger 3 so it has to be read as a B flat if your just thinking up a string.

[@hellinast.louis-bicar4954]

Hi . Thanks for sharing...I am a bit confused on the the last bass clef because the first note B has a 1 , above it, yet on the last triplet that same B has a 4 above it. Why a 1 and then a 4 on the same transcribed note?

[@justinaguirre9843]

this was so helpful thank you !!

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

Glad it could help!

[@Mishameatpie]

This has helped so much! Still struggling on my Lindsey Stirling piece a lot better than playing by ear

[@justintyme2451]

Another easy way to look at this is --- draw 5 lines for your treble clef. Draw the line for middle C treble clef ( that would be a 6th line below the treble E(Every, Good, Boy, Deserves......). Draw 5 lines below that 6th line for the Bass clef. That Middle C treble clef is also middle C for the Bass clef( one line above the 5 note Bass staff) ---- AND both the Tenor clef and Alto clef fit within those 11(eleven) lines. SO... the middle C on TENOR clef is the mid point on that Backward E

[@savannah.gudrun]

THANK YOU

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

+Savannah Van R. Glad it could help!

[@lamiyaabbasli770]

Thanks a lot, but still unclear in which string i must play, it is the same with bass clef ?

[@douglasmckay5161]

Hi i would like to learn how to play the Swan but its in tenner possible you could give me some help in thisv

[@jobelenus]

easy solution to an otherwise mysterious topic!!

[@michaelflores6253]

omg ty!!!

[@Davids-dr5jz]

Does the tenor clef move to other parts of the clef?

[@farizarrachmandiaz94]

i will get my first cello in a few weeks (so excited xD), i'm 5'7.so, what size should i pick? thx

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

+fariz a diaz Exciting!! Definitely go with a full size.

[@zacglasgow]

Wow that is so much easier

[@joshua.duque.sarmiento1115]

The tenor clef shall also be used in a male tenor voice (the highest voice that Andrea Bocelli has) and also the tenor sax just instead of using treble (G-clef) clef in sheet musics...

[@chrisfair2913]

thats so cool if i play bass

[@nathany5029]

Does this mean that a B (3rd finger on the G-string) would be an F-sharp in Tenor Clef or an F-Natural?

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

F-sharp :)

[@TheRemaining97Percent]

no , it'd be f natural

[@bayareapianist]

There is another way that I think is easer. use trouble clef and move down one note and play an octave lower. I know how important the finger positions are in cello. I used this method when I started the swan.

[@marianomendez9130]

The movable C on the fourth line. Ok, I need to sight sing the Tenor Clef. So, I make believe that I'm reading treble clef and just call the C on tenor a D on Treble and start C on the G string finger four of the Cello. No problem, I think I got it. How About the Alto clef? Does it play a role on the Cello?

[@marianomendez9130]

I will ignore the Clef sign and concentrate on transposing while I play, you are a great help.

[@marianomendez9130]

The Alto Clef (movable c on third line) is easier for me to read.

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

No, we don't use Alto clef (generally speaking). However, if you ever want to learn viola, you'll need to know it.

[@barriereid9244]

🌹🌹🌹

[@Davids-dr5jz]

Ok so I get it: the tenor clef use. But there is something that is 💯 faster to use when learning to sight read the basic notes on the first position. Which cover the bass and the tenor class. I just learned it a few days ago. Trust me there is a quick trick to this. The cello sight reading on the first position, which contains 18 basic notes, is much more easier to master than the notes the first position of a guitar. If you know the trick! Get in touch with me Sarah, it will make every starting student a whiz at sightreading.

[@yuvinkang5189]

I just read what note it would be on bass clef and move it 1 note down which always works..i think..

[@damionmalloy3367]

Hey I don't know if you will read or respond. My names Damion I turned 16 not to long ago. I just stared playing the cello and I'm really insecure. I've played double bass for roughly two years now.id like to know your thoughts on if it's possible. I really want to play but I am scared. This video is really educational and I finally get transposing.😅

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

+Damion Malloy no, it's not too late, and is certainly possible. Your experience with the double bass should help with intonation. If you're thinking about pursuing professionally, you will have bit of catching up to do, but personally, I don't think it's impossible.

[@BlueBrixProductions]

I'm nyssmaa level 21.

[@terryvallette3022]

still hasn't stuck in my head. still hard to understand between trebile to base.. sorry!

[@BlueBrixProductions]

Jk

[@kimheejin411]

Why do we even have Tenor Clef anyways???

[@paulhargreaves866]

Good video. BUT! The camera should be directly over the script , your hand is extremely irritating blocking the view as you write.

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

Yeah - I’m sorry about that! I might make a better quality video in the future.

[@solukhumbu911]

couldnt you have just said "just play octave higher"????

[@sarahjoyrecordings]

Tenor clef is not an octave above bass clef, but perhaps I don’t understand your question?

[@haileylo4796]

I hate tenor clef.

[@gigi12rose97]

Thank you, this was really helpful!

[@ash-fb3tc]

THANK YOU