key transposition
Hi all,
I am trying to write a flute part for an arrangement I have bought. After 104 bars the key goes from Bbmajor to Bmajor. Musescore has transposed all the instrumental parts but in the original the Bb instruments have been transposed to 5 flats rather than the 7 sharps Musescore wishes to allocate.
I would appreciate someone explaining how I can achieve the 5 flats rather than the 7 sharps in the affected instruments (tenor sax and trumpet).
Thank you
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Wohoo, I've managed to do it! phew!
In reply to Wohoo, I've managed to do it… by onscuba
Before reading your post - I just posted the same question. I would love to know how you did it. I'm a tuba player - and YES I need the music written with flats rather than sharps. Thanks for any help you can give.
In reply to Before reading your post - I… by ntog
And the answer is ... further down this thread.
In reply to Before reading your post - I… by ntog
@ntog
Have you managed it?
Hi, I don't understand the "5 flats"..........it means tonality of Db, not B........
In reply to Hi, I don't understand the … by Raymond Wicquart
It's a transposing instrument in Bb sounding a tone lower than written (or written a tone higher than sounding). B concert (sounding) transposes up a tone to (written) C# which has Db as an enharmonic equivalent.
And to answer the original question see https://musescore.org/en/node/260491 or more specifically, right click on the stave and in Staff/Part Properties select flats from the "Prefer sharps or flats for transposed key signatures" dropdown.
In reply to It's a transposing… by SteveBlower
yes thank you SteveBlower. It took me a while of delving into the online handbook but I did eventually find it.
In reply to Hi, I don't understand the … by Raymond Wicquart
Hi Raymond
my Bb instrumentalists would prefer to read 5 flats rather than 7 sharps. That was why I was trying to find a way of overriding Musescore's key signature. But in this piece I might run into further problems as 8 bars after that change the Bb instruments then change key again from Db to D major. I'm wondering what will happen when I get there!
In reply to Hi Raymond my Bb… by onscuba
Try it and see!
The preference for flats and sharps only makes sense and has an effect in the 5 or 6 or 7 flat/sharp cases. Other cases would require double flats or sharps in the enharmonic transposed key signatures and Musescore knows that they shouldn't be used. D major for Bb instruments should remain 2 sharps rather than E double flat major with 10 flats (if I counted right).
In reply to Try it and see! The… by SteveBlower
Correct. Musescore knew to just add the 2#s.