Is there a facility in Musescore to select all notes in a specific pitch range and transpose them?
I am playing cello scores with a bass guitar. The bass guitar's lowest note is E, the cello's is C, so often the score has low notes and I have to transpose up an octave on the fly. Is there a facility in Musescore to select all notes in a specific pitch range and transpose them, for example in this case, all the notes from low C to E, up an octave?
Comments
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/selection-modes#all-similar-selecti…
In reply to https://musescore.org/en… by Raymond Wicquart
Hello, thank you for responding.
I have been through the options on that link you provided and the best I find is select multiple bars, right click on a note, select - more, select - same pitch, action - replace selection, then transpose all highlighted notes of the same pitch, So this method allows notes of one pitch to be transposed in a selected range/number of bars. Is there a way that a range of note pitches can be transposed at the same time?
In reply to https://musescore.org/en… by Raymond Wicquart
Hello, thank you for responding.
I have been through the options on that link you provided and the best I find is select multiple bars, right click on a note, select - more, select - same pitch, action - replace selection, then transpose all highlighted notes of the same pitch, So this method allows notes of one pitch to be transposed in a selected range/number of bars. Is there a way that a range of note pitches can be transposed at the same time?
In reply to Hello, thank you for… by johnbush2110
Repeat that same selection operation for each pitch, but using "add to selection" instead of "replace selection". then you can transpose them all at once. It's kind of a niche use case, so there is no dedicated function just to that that one very specific thing.
In reply to Repeat that same selection… by Marc Sabatella
Marc, you are a star! Excellent info and very clearly explained, just gave it a go and it works must fine. Thanking you very much!
In reply to Repeat that same selection… by Marc Sabatella
A possible faster workaround (at least for single-voiced music) is this:
1. Right-click the staff
2. Choose "split staff" and provide the split point
3. Select the staff to transpose
4. Transpose it (Ctrl/Cmd+up/down for octave transposition)
5. Select both staves
6. Tools > Implode
7. Tools > Implode again
8. Edit > Instruments
9. Remove the additional staff.
In reply to A possible faster workaround… by jeetee
Hey jeetee, that works well for me. Thanking you very much for your contribution!