On 25 Jan 2005, at 3:32 AM, Don Hart wrote:
We're shooting for the same thing in the bass part, but the rub comes when I
view the score in concert pitch. That (as far as I know) is a command that
affects an entire file. So if I want to see my transposed Bflat clarinet in
concert (down one step from where written in the part), I also have to view
my transposed contrabass in concert (down one *octave* from where written in
the part)
Just use the "set to clef" option to select the 8vb bass clef in the concert score, and the regular bass clef in the transposed score. The notes will appear on the same staff lines when you switch from concert to transposed -- only the clef will change.
Also, it's good practice to use 8va treble clefs and 8vb bass clefs for octave-transposing instruments in a concert score. This removes any ambiguity about whether these instruments are written at the sounding pitch or the transposed pitch. Since many composers who use concert scores write, for example, contrabass parts at the *sounding* pitch (i.e., with a ton of ledger lines below the staff, when you don't do this, the intended octave is often ambiguous. Using 8va treble clefs for picc., etc., and 8vb bass clefs for contrabass, etc, makes it clear what octave is intended.
and worse yet with my current midi keyboard, finagle a way to enter it down there.
Almost every MIDI keyboard has a button to shift octaves. If yours doesn't, well, there are lots of inexpensive ones that do.
- Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY
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