Fakebooks are written so that all instruments who read that particular fakebook can play the tune together, each reading the fakebook of the correct pitch for that instrument.

For example, if the Bb fakebook has an F chord written, or the note of F, then the C fakebook will have an Eb written.

Normally, one would enter songs into BIAB by reading the C fakebook. However, since you bought a Bb fakebook, do this:

1. Select the correct key signature for the tune as written in the Bb fakebook.

2. Enter the tune as written in the Bb fakebook.

3. Change the key signature one full step (or two-half-steps) lower (examples: E goes to D; Eb goes to Db) and say Yes to the question, OK to transpose worksheet.

4. The piano, guitar, and any other non-transposing instrument will play the song this way if you print it.

5. Now, to see it as a Bb instrument wants it, go to Opt, Preferences, Notation. In the pulldown for Transposition Options, select Clarinet +2.

6. Now you will hear the song in the correct key for piano etc. but see it in the correct key for a Bb instrument.

7. The transposition preference in BIAB is not saved with the song, so remember to go back after saving the song and set it to Concert pitch. It's also a good idea to save the song in a separate folder, or give it a different name such as Mysong Bb, so that you know that it was intended to be played with a transposition in effect. Otherwise, someday you will load that song, print it for a pianist, and get a surprise when it's played in the 'wrong' key. When you load a song, there is a brief yellow box flashing in the upper left corner to warn you a transposition is in effect.

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