Transposition of part of a piece
I have a piece of 65 bars (attached- key Fmaj) and wish to transpose the last few bars to G maj. I have highlighted from the last note of bar 49 to the end of the piece, selected Notes/Transposition, ticked the box for transpose by key, left the box "Transpose Key Signatures" ticked and done the transposition. That has produced what I expected EXCEPT for the key signature which is left as F Maj and then uses accidentals.
I was expecting the F maj key signature to be cancelled and the G maj key signature to be inserted. The file with end transposition is also attached.
What am I doing that is incorrect or have I misunderstood how transposition is supposed to work?
Comments really welcome.
Comments
so you want the key to change mid-measure? I believe this ain't gonna work.
Hmm, no, it seems keysig only gets changed when transposing the whole score.
I believe that check box only transposes *existing* key signatures. Like if there was a key change within the selection. So you just need to drag in the new key signature yourself. At least, that's my understanding.
I think what you should do is
inserting a mesure just before the mesure where there is the transposition
copy the note that will still be in F major
change actual value to what you have in that mesure
on the other mesure supp not in F major you have just inserted
copy the onther one to the begining of the mesure
change actual value
from the palette drag from "Key signature" on the begining of the mesure you want the change
and if you want you can make the bar line invisible....
But I never saw that....
On sheet music some modulation are with accidentals (when they are not so long), the others have the most often a double bar and a key change, (that is also more readable for musicians)
PS : what you want is a transposition with a key change like a modulation of tonality ^^ (I translated approximately from "french" , so it may not be what you use as word)
In reply to I think what you should do by Zynette
Many thanks for taking the time to respond.
What I ended up doing was basically what you suggested though I didn't add the extra measure, I just dragged the new signature to bar 50 and it was fine.