Transposing Piano To Trumpet?

I cannot get this! I play trumpet. I know that if I have a Concert Eb Major scale, I play F. But what if I have a scale with sharps, but it isnt in Concert Pitch like.... D Major. I know that I would start on D. But what is that Concert Pitch. I also know that if I have Concert Bb Major, I go up a 1/2 a step and play C. But if I have a Concert pitched scale with sharps, do I go up a 1/2, down a 1/2, up a whole or what?

Transposing Piano To Trumpet?
Trumpet music is written in Bb Major and piano music is written in C. So you just transpose everything up a half step.





so if Mary had a little lamb is written on piano


F#-Eb-D-Eb-F#-F#-F#-Eb-Eb-Eb-F#-G-G








then on trumpet it would be


G-F-E-F-G-G-G-F-F-F-G-A-A
Reply:C on a trumpet is Bb on on a piano.
Reply:What ever 'concert' pitches you have, you have to play a WHOLE step up to match that pitch.





to play a concert C you play a D...to play a concert F#, you play a G#. Watch out for concert B's, you have to play a C# and concert E's, you have to play an F#.





Concert Bb's are your C's and concert Eb's are your F's.





A BC D EF G A (the natural 1/2 steps are between B %26amp; C and E %26amp; F, everything else is a whole step)





Clear as mud, right?
Reply:The trumpet is in the key of Bb and a piano is in the key of C. So all of the notes for the piano need to be raised one full step. C-Bb, F-Eb, E-F# and so on and so forth.
Reply:Everything from piano gets transposed up a whole step. You sound a little confused, so I will help you out. Here are the transpositions from piano to trumpet:





C to D


C# (Db) to D# (Eb)


D to E


D# (Eb) to E# (F)


E to F#


F to G


F# (Gb) to G# (Ab)


G to A


G# (Ab) to A# (Bb)


A to B


A# (Bb) to B# (C)


B to C#





So the note on the left is the note as written on the piano. The note on the right is what you should transpose to for Bb Trumpet. Makes sense right?





If you have any more problems, let me know.