Pitch Translations
Lucky for all people who play the Euphonium in bass clef, the concert pitch given is the written pitch played. For example, if you are told to play a concert Bb, unlike the players of many instruments in other keys, you play a written Bb for your instrument.
This is not true for treble clef. Despite this fact, translating the pitch is very easy. Whatever concert pitch you are told to play, you simply translate that up a full step, which is easier to think of as two half steps. For instance, if you are told to play a concert Bb, you will play a C. To properly do this transposition, you must know how the half steps translate. one half step above Bb is B, so you would think the note a half step above that would be called a B# or a Cb right? This is not entirely true. B and C are both a half step apart, so a B# is a C, however a B# and a Cb are not the same, as a Cb would be a B natural. You should always know that this property is true of B and C, as well as E and F. If you understand all of this concert pitch translation should not pose a problem.
This is not true for treble clef. Despite this fact, translating the pitch is very easy. Whatever concert pitch you are told to play, you simply translate that up a full step, which is easier to think of as two half steps. For instance, if you are told to play a concert Bb, you will play a C. To properly do this transposition, you must know how the half steps translate. one half step above Bb is B, so you would think the note a half step above that would be called a B# or a Cb right? This is not entirely true. B and C are both a half step apart, so a B# is a C, however a B# and a Cb are not the same, as a Cb would be a B natural. You should always know that this property is true of B and C, as well as E and F. If you understand all of this concert pitch translation should not pose a problem.