the thing about playing ska is there are so many different instruments
that all have different tuning, I hope this will make things more simple
trumpets are in Bb
trombones are in C
guitars and basses are in C
Soprano and tenor saxes are in Bb
Alto and baritone saxes are in Eb
here's how to transpose between tunings:
Bb to C - down 2 semitones (take the note you want to transpose and put it down 2 semitones)
C to Bb - up 2 semitones
Bb to Eb - down 5 semitones
Eb to Bb - up 5 semitones
Eb to C - up 3 semitones
C to Eb - down 3 semitones
and here it is again in table form:
| to | Eb | Bb | C |
| Eb | X | +5 | +3 |
| Bb | -5 | X | -2 |
| C | -3 | +2 | X |
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