On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, HowardGilbert wrote:
> I recently wrote a piece in the key of D. Yesterday I attempted to
> transpose it to the key of F, using:-
>
> Ar
> K+2-1
>
> All instances of fn ( F natural ) came out as A natural, they should be Ab.
> All instances of cn ( C natural ) came out as E natural, they should be Eb.
>
> Please, what am I doing wrong?
Just a slight misunderstanding: relative accidentals are relative to the
scale in the untransposed music. (That may not make much sense. Let me try
with an example.)
In D major, an F natural is a minor third, i.e., flattened. Thus you should
enter ff (F# flattened) and cf (C# flattened) instead. Of course, the sharps
are implicit from the key signature.
Hope this helps,
Eric
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