Introduction - Yamaha Alto Venova YVS-120 Manual

Introduction

The Alto Venova is a transposing instrument.
With a transposing instrument, the notes you play sound different than the
notes that are written in the score. Many wind instruments work this way,
including saxophones, clarinets and trumpets. This makes it very easy to
switch from one instrument to another in the same family, because even
though the sound is different, the fingerings are all the same.
The Alto Venova works the same way. If you already know the fingerings
for the Venova, you can use those same fingerings on the Alto Venova.
Instrument/scale
Alto Venova in F
Venova in C
In this book, the fingering charts and sample songs have already been
transposed to F for the Alto Venova. However, remember that if you play
the Alto Venova with other instruments or with background music, it is a
transposing instrument in F, so the music you play also needs to be trans-
posed to F.
If you would prefer to learn the non-transposed fingerings for the way the
notes actually sound, we have provided a concert pitch fingering chart in
the supplement at the end of this manual.
Enjoy your new Alto Venova!
Notes written in the score
q q q q q
C D E F G
q q q q q
C D E F G
Actual pitch of the notes
q
q q
q
q
F G A Bb C
q q q q q
C D E F G
Let's play Venova™ !
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