Wish to raise some measures a half and whole step
I have tried to increase a half step each the red and blue measures in the attached score from the key of C (green measures) by trying the following 3 methods but none generate the correct results. Please see the attached score for hopefully a clearer explanation of what I am trying to accomplish.
1. using the transposing feature in the notes menu to raise the red and blue measures a minor second and then the blue measures yet another minor second
2. changing the red measures to the key of C# and the blue measures to the key of D using the key signature feature in the master palette
3. changing the key of C# in the red measures to the enharmonic key of D flat using the key signature feature in the master palette.
What is the correct way to achieve these two half step increases (or raise the red measures 1/2 step from C and the blue measures one whole step from C)?
Thank you!
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Comments
I wouldn't use the Transpose dialog at all for this.
1. Click the first red note, hold down [Shift] and click the last red note, press the up arrow key once.
2. Click the first blue note, hold down [Shift] and click the last blue note, press the up arrow key twice.
From what I understand, you don't particularly want key signatures; you just want the notes like this. But if you do also want visual key changes, then:
3. Open the Key Signatures palette on the left, drag C# Major (seven sharps) onto measure 6, drag D Major (two sharps) onto measure 13.
he easiest way to raise the pitch of a selection by a half step is to simply press the Up arrow. And then of course, press it twice to go up a whole step. The Transpose menu isn't really needed for something like this, but it does work. If you are having problems with it, please describe precisely - step by step - what you are doing, what you expect to see happen, and what happens instead. But if you select a region, go to Notes / Transpose, select minor second as the interval, then hit OK, you should get the same result, although the spelling of the notes may differ: the Up arrow will favor sharps, where the minor second transposition will spell correctly for that interval (in this case, that will mean favoring flats). So if you want flats, you can use the Transpose dialog, whereas if you want sharps, you can use the Up arrow key. Although if you press Up twice (thus going up a whole step favoring sharps) then *Down* once (thus going down a half step favoring flats) you'll get essentially the same thing without the need for the dialog.
However, if *in addition to* transposing you *also* want to change the key, you should add a key signature from the palette after doing the transposition., There are other ways of getting the job done, but this is probably the simplest to describe: first transpose the notes, then add the desired key signature.
Very helpful answers to my questions; thank you both VERY much!