Sight Transposing

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While transposing on sight (sight transposing) is not something you'll encounter in, say, big band music, it's a very valuable skill and often mandatory at the professional level.
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Bob Reynolds is an American jazz saxophonist and 3x Grammy Award-winning member of Snarky Puppy. He's toured with John Mayer, Larry Carlton, and many others and released 12 solo albums-4 of which reached the Top 10 in Billboard's Jazz Charts. A pioneering educator, Bob has coached thousands of musicians through his innovative Virtual Teaching Studio bobreynoldsmus.... He is a D'Addario Woodwinds artist and lives with his wife and kids in Los Angeles, CA.
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[@bobreynolds]

Stream the single from the forthcoming "Bob Reynolds Group - Live in Munich" album: ianrecords.lnk.to/Hush

[@tommeggison1466]

Your a great Dad, Bob

[@TF2Sax]

Sight transposition = call back gig. Sounding great on that link🔥

[@grantkoeller8911]

sight transposition is a great skill to learn

[@jooelewis]

a real test to see how long you've been watching Bobs content is the first time you remember seeing his kids cause man...or man... on that metric ive been watching for a while now LOL

[@thomcowley7332]

Gotta admit, I dont give a flamingo about transposing, yet still tuned into this vid because your passion, dedication and discipline slap me across the face and inspire me to work harder to get to where I wanna be as a musician. For that I can’t thank you enough mate.

[@bobreynolds]

@@thomcowley7332 thank you, Thom 🙏

[@beckyn9338]

Your kids are growing up so fast! Thanks for “vlogging” them. LOL Hats off to you for sight transposing. It is a challenging skill. Although looking up a whole step or down a minor third is not too,too bad, but STILL. I wouldn’t mind a few local gig outside my classical stuff, but I’m not going total pro, so ONE LESS THING! 😂 I love watching your practice/learning process. Thank you for sharing how you think and work. Sooooooo helpful! Keep on being a great husband and father. So glad you plan time to spend with the family. That is the most important thing in life. ❤

[@alexbeltran9544]

Man Bob, that thing about C and Bb parts on the same gig and transposing up Bb parts accidentally. 100 percent. Just give them all to me in either C or Bb!

[@bobreynolds]

Right?! LoL

[@robinreidmusic]

Still love the sound on that Link Supertone Master NY model. Love that sound!

[@mauromateosax]

I always hear about playing stuff in all keys but for me, the ability that is making me improve a lot is trying to transcribe "as fast as i can". It makes me more and more concious about keys, grades... good video

[@scott7695]

Man the overtones you are getting when doing those long tones at 3:24 great....almost sounded like you were playing bag pipes

[@harrisonmccomb1511]

Woooo Curtis Taylor!

[@lsh3rd]

Your talent never ceases to amaze me!

[@markhubenthal]

Hardest thing for me when it comes to sight transposition is dealing with complex key signatures or when there are lots of accidentals

[@grandesax]

Bob love your videos man thank you for sharing

[@oldreedguy]

I got a real kick out of this one as you are wrapping up. I too end up sight transposing everything, C concert or Bb parts. So frustrating when I forget what’s what😂

[@andrewmaloney6038]

Transposing was something I really worked on a lot during my undergrad, a buddy of mine who was a graduate student at the time who had gone to Berklee got me working on it. As an alto player primarily , I’ve developed a pretty strong ability to transpose from C to Eb instruments, but I had a gig recently where I was asked to play tenor, and I was given concert pitch sheet music, and even though it’s probably considered by most to be an “easier” transposition, since I wasn’t as used to it, I had to think pretty hard on the gig haha!

[@davidsmusic]

What a great video Bob, greetings from Germany!

[@bobreynolds]

@@davidsmusic thank you, David

[@alekseymark9857]

Otto link New York 🎷👍!!!))) Beautiful!))) Very good sound, Bob!!)

[@timwilson3109]

Bob, great video! Love your perspective and some of the challenges that happen along the way. It is encouraging and thought some of those struggles on the horn were unique to me. Were you playing a transcription at marker 5'30" or just improvising? Sounded good. Thanks! Tim

[@bobreynolds]

@@timwilson3109 improvising. Thanks Tim 🤙

[@michelmalts9053]

Great insides . I will practice them .Nice weekend.

[@fdemar]

You're right, it's confusing when there's a mix of charts in Bb and concert keys! It's hard to turn your "auto transpose" off on those gigs.

[@jamesjefferson8353]

I know it's a little different but I write some of my of my parts for church. They change keys all the time. So I get this.😊

[@LA-hx9tx]

Try the Selmer metal ligature (402 I believe) on the Otto Link. It you may like it better. It's a definite upgrade over the stock Link lig.

[@bobreynolds]

@@LA-hx9tx I toggle between them. Def a more snug fit. Perhaps a touch more bright/zing. Still experimenting. Partly partial to the aesthetic of the original lig

[@LA-hx9tx]

@@bobreynolds True. I used the Selmer for years, mainly for louder gigs. But lately I’ve been working with my older Link lig (“T” model), and they are great if you like a really loose lig, and it encourages me to relax.

[@paulphoenix2778]

Stetson! 🙌🏽

[@Anomatron]

Getting a chart thats in Bb for tenor, then switches to C for the flute double midway through, then switches to Bb but this time clarinet, and meanwhile nobody told you to bring any of those instruments so you're playing an Eb horn and you gotta sight read it

[@jimmymiller5465]

The link definitely gives a different texture to your tone.

[@kennethorr1146]

Great video and it was amazing meeting you last week!

[@bobreynolds]

@@kennethorr1146 thanks, Kenneth. You sounded wonderful! Keep it up. 🤙

[@JackJ-232]

Too bad you seemed to miss the Chris Potter concert in LA! It was great as you would imagine.

[@bobreynolds]

yeah i was outta town. bummed to miss it for sure

[@bobpremecz5429]

Sight Transposition: been there, done that, got the T-shirt-in alto, tenor, and soprano. Doesn't everybody?

[@bobreynolds]

"got the T-shirt" 😂

[@ziggyzaagsma473]

I did not get any T-shirt, should I start over?

[@jorymil]

Oh man. It happens all the time to trombone players. "Sorry, I thought you played the same part as the tenor sax." "Oh. We just have an alto part." "The singer wants to play this a minor 3rd up." As for concert-key stuff, gotta read both bass and treble clefs. Growing up, the fake books were often only in concert-key treble clef, so it was easiest just to learn to read it straight up. So... young Skywalker: get fake books in different parts, and practice all of them. But if you have to take them to the gig, only take one type: no sense in making your life hard intentionally. I'm not even a pro, but an adult amateur who played in college and still plays around town. So I'd call it a "real-life" skill, rather than a "pro-level" skill. Full-time pro trombonists are about as rare as pro ventriloquists.

[@bobreynolds]

@@jorymil love this. Well said and fantastic advice.

[@coin777]

Will the album be available on streaming? Tidal?

[@bobreynolds]

ianrecords.lnk.to/Hush

[@nickbowd]

Then transposing from Eb the transposing Bb charts to Eb and Eb charts to Bb then do it on a clarinet the work with singers who change keys all the time. Ugh 😩

[@bobreynolds]

😂

[@veister9126]

What are you playing at 3:11??

[@EgilFurre]

As long as you don’t have to play both Eb and Bb saxes on same gig - reading concert key ……

[@bobreynolds]

@@EgilFurre yeah that’s a lot. I stick to Bb horns ☺️

[@T.Zaksophone]

Which reeds brand/size are you using with Ottolink. *9?

[@bobreynolds]

@@T.Zaksophone currently 3M unfiled D’Addario Jazz Select

[@pawsdude123]

You uss a digital or analog metronome?

[@bobreynolds]

digital tho i miss analogue... was actually contemplating getting old-school triangle with pendulum arm