On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Lawrence Yates <[email protected]> wrote:
> Aren't the major and minor keys treated differently when it comes to using
> the spelling tables for accidentals?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Lawrence


Not really, but you are close.  I thought what your description is so,
myself, but I just tried a couple of chromatic scales, and they seem
to come out the same.  Maybe there are transcription differences, but
I don't see them.  The major-minor choice IS reflected when one copies
music from one key to another.  (From a section in Bb Major, copy a Bb
scale into a G minor section and a G natural minor scale will result.)

Bill, if you don't like the feature, I would suggest that you simply
never use the minor key option.  If the problem is working on files
from others, just check/change the mode (making sure to keep the same
notes chromatically) to major before you do any editing.

I wish transcription could learn to use some AI - to favor triads, for
instance, not just the choices given under under Edit/Enharmonic
Spelling - so one could, while in the key of C, play either an Eb or D
major triad and have it spelled correctly the first time.

Raymond Horton
Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra
Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC
Composer, Arranger
VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com


> On 18 April 2012 17:36, bill sinclair <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> They have a really awkward feature that I wish would be fixed - - -
>>
>> When you request a key signature, it makes a distinction between a
>> major key and a minor key with the exact same pattern of sharps and
>> flats. For example, they call C minor a DIFFERENT key signature than E
>> flat major.
>>
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