Can you transpose written pitch on MULTIPLE staves at once?
Hello, right now I am doing this staff by staff, by right clicking - Staff properties - transposition - hitting OK
Can I do this for multiple staves at the same time ? I want this form of transposition not another one
Thanks
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Yes, you can transpose multiple staves.
What have you tried so far? What went wrong?
In reply to Yes, you can transpose… by underquark
I am doing it staff by staff, each time right click - properties - choosing the transposition, up or down, click apply.
Is there a way to do it for multiple staves at once ?
In reply to I am doing it staff by staff… by bensmirhbs
If I understand correctly, you are changing the written pitch for a (set of) transposing instrument(s).
Since this is already correct from the start for all the instruments you can select in MuseScore, perhaps you can explain why you need to do this?
In reply to If I understand correctly,… by AndreasKågedal
I don't think you would really approve the why as it's non academical...
Let's say I like to analyze music in a key I am familial with to have everything relate to established concepts I handle well. But without making it sound different than what's intended by the composer. Hence, I like to transpose the written pitches only.
I don't view music notation as a way to read musical notes, as I have the midi medium for that + direct visualisation on the keyboard inside the software. I only view it as a way to make me a better composer.
With Daw and midi live input transposition, I can play a key and having it sound like another key, hence focusing on the relationship between the notes. Irving Berlin did it 100 years ago
In reply to I don't think you would… by bensmirhbs
Use CTRL+A. (or select all the staves you want to transpose) In the Menu, select "Transpose". Select By Interval, Select interval.
Or if you have a favorite key, transpose to that key.
Nothing non academical about transposing music for any reason I can think of.
In reply to Use CTRL+A. (or select all… by bobjp
Correct me If I am wrong, but by doing this, you are transposing the sounding pitch not the written pitch?
In reply to Correct me If I am wrong,… by bensmirhbs
Generally it transposes both pitches.
You wrote:
Can you transpose written pitch on MULTIPLE staves at once?
and:
Let's say I like to analyze music in a key I am familial with...
The 'Concert pitch' button does this. It is great for, as you say, "focusing on the relationship between the notes".
![Concert.png]( "Concert.png")
It shows all instruments with the same key signature so that harmonic analysis and/or composition is much easier.
This image shows 2 sets of multiple staves with written pitch transposed by toggling 'Concert pitch':
They both sound exactly the same, but it is much easier to "read" the C major chord harmony across all the staves when written in concert pitch.
For example, if you like the key of C major (with a C - F - G - C chord progression), here's a sample score:
Use_Concert_pitch.mscz
Toggle concert pitch to put all instruments in C major (without changing their "sound").
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/transposition#transposed-concert-pi…