transposition
I am trying to transpose a section of a four part choral piece from C to Db. If I select the key signature of Db and put it at the measure I want the transposition to begin, I get the new key signature, but the notes stay in C major with a bunch of natural signs in front of the notes that would normally be affected by Db.
Help please.
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Go to notes>transpose and do it there.
Select the section and hit ↑ to transpose the notes one half step up.
In reply to Select the section and hit ↑ by KHS
When I do that it transposes to C#, not Db.
In reply to When I do that it transposes by syattica
I tried it with a simple score and I was astonished that it was Db at once. Perhaps the reason for this is, that I had put the key signature for Db before.
But if this way is not okay for you, you can hit ↑↑↓ (C#, D, Db). Of course you have to put the key signature for Db, too.
In reply to When I do that it transposes by syattica
For one note or for all a score, use arrow UP and DOWN. First put the wanted new key, for you Db 5 flats, choose the section you want to transpose, the UP arrow rises up for 1/2 tone each time, the LOWER idem down. If you have troubles with sharps or flats you can transform for example a a C# in Db simply with the arrow, one touch in UP and one touch in DOWN, with the UP arrow , priority for the flats, and with the lower arrow one down one up priority for the sharps
If it's just a section of a piece you want transposed, and you already have accidentals in place that make sense in the original key, then the best way to do the transposition to preserve the meaning of the accidentals is to first add the new key signature then use Notes / Transposes. Actually probably either order would work the same, except maybe in some corner cases involving unusual enharmonic spellings.
If you don't have accidentals, or don't have any particular attachment to the spellings you have used, instead of Notes / Transpose you can insert the key change then use up arrow. This will spell things according to the key where meaningful but will favor spellings that raise pitch (sharps or naturals in this case) otherwise. If you think you'd be better off preferring spellings that lower pitch (flats or double flats), hit up then down. Up always prefers spellings that raise pitch, down prefers spellings that lower pitch - but either will prefer spellings that fit the key. So up then down will respell a passage using flats for accidentals (or naturals that lower pitch), down then up will respell with sharps (or naturals that raise pitch).