Christopher is right, as usual - this is the way to go. Set up a staff style with the transposition set to "other" and these numbers: interval=2 and Key alter= -9, Apply it to your Alto part when you change to the A major section.
JB On May 3, 2013, at 8:06 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: > You can use a staff style to change the transposition for only the passage > you need. I don't remember how the interval and key alter boxes work, but I > remember that it is not exactly intuitive. You may have to look it up. > > Christopher > > > On Fri May 3, at FridayMay 3 7:46 AM, Marcello Noia wrote: > >> Thanks for the reply, I also recall this kind of trick, but as the >> problem involves only a part >> of the score, the problem could be not so easily solved. The alto player >> will have to deal >> with that wood of sharps! >> >> Il 03/05/2013 12:15, David H. Bailey ha scritto: >>> On 5/3/2013 5:32 AM, Marcello Noia wrote: >>>> Hi, surely my problem has been discussed before but I cannot recall if a >>>> solution was found. >>>> I have a score in Db major where a section goes in A major. Applying the >>>> trasposition to the >>>> alto sax part, the result is Bb major> F# major. Is it possible that >>>> the section in F# major could >>>> be displayed in Gb major? Selecting/deselecting the "simplify key" >>>> leaves things unchanged. >>>> Thank you >>>> Marcello >>>> >>> I know this has been discussed before but I can't recall the exact >>> procedure, but I think it has to do with redefining the transposition >>> for the alto sax staff, from diatonic to chromatic, although I can't >>> remember whether it also involved changing the direction and the number >>> of half-steps to transpose (i.e. moving the part up vs. moving it down), >>> and then doing an octave transposition on the whole part if needed. >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
