Transposing to relative minor
Hi there!
I'm a muse score newbie, and I am pretty much only needing to use it at this time to transpose from the major into the relative minor key - so I have 4-8 bar melody in G major, for example, and I want to transpose it into e minor. I've tried the tools, but it doesn't seem to do anything - it seems like this is something I should be able to do, specify if I want major or minor, or to move it into relative minor, but I am stuck! I've browsed the handbook, and I'm not finding what I need. I'd appreciate any assistance - thanks!
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There is no transposing between those, they are the same thing as far as key signature and pitches is concerned.
In reply to There is no transposing… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ah, ok. I tried moving it down a third, seems to have "transposed" it into e minor...I need to adjust some sight singing excerpts for my students, so I'm trying this...I'll see if it's faster! Thanks for your reply,
In reply to There is no transposing… by Jojo-Schmitz
Or are you trying to make your major melody in to a minor melody? In which case you either change the key signature or move the melody down a minor third.
In reply to Or are you trying to make… by bobjp
This...just trying to shift G major into e minor. Moving it down a minor third seems to have solved the issue - for most of my students trying to transpose in their heads and sing a G major melody in e minor would make their brains explode! Thanks for this!
Ok, so I tried just moving it down a third in the transposition key, that seems to have fixed it - I wonder if it will add raised 7th's, etc. If anyone has any ideas/insight/shortcuts, I'm all ears - thanks!
In reply to Ok, so I tried just moving… by jrdvoicestudio
I think for sight-singing it would be fun to do it both ways. Key change and transposing down.
In reply to I think for sight-singing it… by bobjp
You can't "transpose" a melody from major to minor or vice-versa. The process of making a major melody into a minor one, or vice-versa, is an active act of re-engineering the melody, and involves design decisions. If you look at almost any work of classical music of any length, even simple piano etudes, you will see melodies restated in different modes (e.g., major, minor) with various "accidentals" (sharps, flats) adjusting as need be. In several types of advanced writing (e.g., fugues), even "moving" the "melody" from, say, G to D, involves changing basic properties of the way it sounds. In any case, this is not a transformation that can be performed mechanically without case-specific engineering to the musical context. In contrast, transposing an entire piece from, say, A to G, is straightforward and mechanical.