I have been using this tool for years !!! ;-)
Jean-Marie
> Le 26 févr. 2020 à 19:33, Frank A. Gerbode, M.D. <sa...@gerbode.net> a écrit :
>
> You may already know this, but transcription from one instrument (or tuning)
> to another can be done pretty easily through fronimo. Say you start with a
> version for Baroque lute in ton ravissant. If you go to F5/instrument, click
> on "transpose and transcribe" and then change the tuning to archlute
> (customized to fit whatever key you are using. This field doesn't use the "b"
> symbol, so you have to specify, e.g., Eb as D#, etc.) and hit OK, you will
> get a new version for the new instrument. Looking at the new version, you may
> need to tweak it a bit to make it playable, but that approach definitely
> works. I also use this strategy for converting from one sized lute to
> another. For example, suppose you have a ground written for bass lute in D.
> To rewrite it for, say, a 7 or 8-course or archlute in G, you start with the
> original version, go into F5/instrument and change the "first course" setting
> to D (the default setting is G), without hitting "transcribe or "transpose
> and tr!
anscribe", then hit "apply"; then change "first course" to G and choose
"renaissance 7 course" or "renaissance 8-course" or "archlute", hit "transpose
and transcribe", then OK, and you will get a new version for lute in G, which,
again, you will usually have to tweak a bit.
>
> I use a similar approach to convert pieces where the 6th course is tuned
> down to F (or where other variant tunings have been used) to a version for 7-
> or 8-course lute or archlute in standard tuning. Under f5/instrument, I first
> put in the custom tunings using "modify custom tuning" as necessary to make
> the piece sound correct when played in fronimo. Then hit "apply". Then change
> to the tuning or instrument you want to change to, hit "transpose and
> transcribe", then "OK", and you will get the transposed version, which,
> again, will probably need to be tweaked to make it more playable.
>
> --Sarge
>
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