Transposing Tuba to Electric Bass
Greetings:
Is there a program to transpose Tuba charts to electric bass?
I can't read anything below low E.
Thanks
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Greetings:
Is there a program to transpose Tuba charts to electric bass?
I can't read anything below low E.
Thanks
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Yes, the program is called MuseScore.
In reply to Yes, the program is called… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you.
Where or how do I use it?
I have the Musescore download.
Thanks
In reply to Thank you. Where or how do I… by jaybla
change instrument from tuba to electric bass. If need be after that, move notes up or down an octave
In reply to change instrument from tuba… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks but where on MuseScore do I go to do that?
Moving up an Octave does not help because I can't read the notes I'm moving.
Thanks
In reply to Thanks but where on… by jaybla
You should watch the tutorials at https://musescore.org/en/tutorials keeping in mind that most of the interaction between you and the program is the same but the videos were made for version 2. You should also download the manual from https://musescore.org/en/handbook and read it. If you don't understand something then ask. We're willing to help, but you need to have an idea of how to use the program first.
In reply to Thanks but where on… by jaybla
Right click into the staff, staff properties, change instrument
In reply to Thanks but where on… by jaybla
Doesn't matter if you can read it (although if you click the note, you'll see the name of the note given in the status bar at bottom left). Just click any notes that seem to low and hit Ctrl+Up to move them up an octave.
But actually, chances are the tuba notes are written at concert pitch, and your bass already sounds an octave lower than written. So really, you should probably transpose everything up an octave to sound correct. Ctrl+A to select all, then Ctrl+Up to transpose up an octave. Or it might be that simply changing instrument to bass will handle the transposition automatically.
In order to say for sure, we'd need you to attach the score you are working on.
In reply to Doesn't matter if you can… by Marc Sabatella
You shouldn't have to transpose anything. The Bb below the staff on a tuba is the Bb on the second line from the bottom on the electric bass and tuba music rarely goes below the E below that so there should be few notes that would need to be moved.
Thanks everyone for your replies - but this site is way to hard to navigate for what I was trying to achieve.
I'm out.
In reply to Thanks everyone for your… by jaybla
You wrote:
Is there a program to transpose Tuba charts to electric bass?
This is the one:
https://musescore.org/en
You wrote:
I have the Musescore download.
Did you install it? What did you install it on (hardware)?
There is also an Android app and an iphone app. They are not the full featured score writer program.
You wrote:
I can't read anything below low E.
and:
Moving up an Octave does not help because I can't read the notes I'm moving.
If you mean you cannot read the note name (from something you are copying) to type into MuseScore in the first place, simply enter a low E. You can then click on the notehead and use the down (or up) arrow to make it look like the note (pitch) you are copying. Don't worry about needing to know the names of notes outside of your comfort zone.
You wrote:
...but this site is way to hard to navigate for what I was trying to achieve.
That's precisely why this forum exists... people here are willing to help.
Response times are relatively quick (compared to other web sites).
What you are trying to achieve (transpose to another instrument) is a common task, a simple procedure in MuseScore.
Please attach a screenshot of the sort of music you are trying to copy; or attach a MuseScore file (.mscz or .mscx); or a MusicXML file (.xml or .musicxml). Even a .pdf would provide more info.
Regards, and welcome aboard.