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finger-picker - Posted - 12/18/2022: 08:16:01
I have a song in the key of G. The low note is D3. I want to transpose the song so that the low note in C3. So when I use my music software (MuseScore) to shift it down a major second (which I believe translates as 2 half steps), the key goes from G to B flat (the key signature contains E flat and B flat vs. F# before the transposition). I was expected it to go to key of F though, which is just 1 flat, B flat.
I don't think I'm doing something right. Any thoughts?
G Edward Porgie - Posted - 12/18/2022: 09:07:12
When changing the key, you must use the key note, which would be G. I suspect you have used that low "C" as your starting note. A major second below C is Bb.
Try going a step down from "G" and it may give you the F scale needed.
finger-picker - Posted - 12/18/2022: 10:51:28
Actually I know what I did now. I had a staff in G major and a staff in C major and copied the melody over from G to C but it didn’t adjust the notes accordingly, then I tried to transpose down the G major melody from the C major staff, to which it went to B flat.
G Edward Porgie - Posted - 12/18/2022: 19:00:58
Sometimes programs are more trouble than they are worth. I have always found it easier to transpose by just applying my own knowledge. If, for example, I wish to go from key of G to key of F, I know that every note in the F key is exactly a step down from its counterpart in G: G becomes F; A is now G; B becomes A; C is now Bb; D gets lowered to C; E to D: F# to E.
It's tricky to do this while playing, but not so bad when it's done first on paper.
