Re: score transposition problem

[Nils Hammerfest]

You can use Denemo for this. Choose the clefs the original has, insert the 
notes just as if they were dots on lines and in the end change the clef to what 
you want.

Nils


> On 04/13/2011 00:15 AM, Tom Cloyd wrote:
> > I want to arrange a Bach chorale for guitar. My score for the chorale is 
> > a nightmare. I can barely read bass clef, and can do that in my mind, 
> > but the scores for soprano, alto, and tenor all use C-clefs, and in a 
> > way that each score must be read in a unique way. I've never before seen 
> > a score like this. The notes fit nicely on the staff, but I cannot read 
> > them without a lot of mental gymnastics.
> 
> I’m afraid there’s not much for it except to learn to read them (these
> are probably tenor and alto clefs).  As others have pointed out, a
> simple transposition is going to produce weird effects.  And speaking as
> a trombone player who had to learn tenor clef to play orchestral stuff,
> you actually do get used to it fairly quickly.  If it’s giving you
> trouble, use a paper copy with the line-notes penciled in (e.g., D F A C
> E for tenor clef) at the start of the line.
> 
> I find that I mostly think in relative terms when reading tenor; e.g.,
> the first note is a C, then there’s a third so it’s an E, etc.
> 
> You could also try using some math as you go along: in the tenor clef,
> every note is one “notch” high relative to the treble clef, so a note on
> the 4th line should be moved down one to the 3rd space, which is a
> treble C.  (You’ll be an octave off, but that is a much easier problem
> to solve.)  For the alto clef, move the note up a notch for the treble
> note value.
> 
> HTH,
> crism
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