Transcribed Rameau piece, need help with key signatures
I'm working on this solo guitar arrangement for a Rameau piece.
Now I want to put in key signatures to make it look professional, but I'm not sure what they are supposed to be. I think the whole piece is in E major, and then it maybe changes keys a few times throughout. That's where I get stuck. As you can tell I have a very tenuous grasp on music theory.
Would any of you be willing to help me with that? I would also appriciate any other advice on how to make the transcription better.
To avoid any confusion: I know how to insert a key change in MuseScore. I just need help with identifying which keys are supposed to be notated at different points in the score.
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Do you have the original score, or are you working by ear?
If you have the original score, I would say just use the keys of that one?
In reply to Do you have the original… by frfancha
No, I don't have the original score unfortunately.
I just changed the pitch of the mp3 to different key compatible with guitar, and worked by ear.
Do you know of any free archives for classical music scores that I could search btw?
In reply to No, I don't have the… by dejanristic78
"Do you know of any free archives for classical music scores that I could search btw?"
The International Music Score Library Project, aka IMSLP or the Petrucci Project. Here's the link to their composer page showing four different Rameau names:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Composers#fcfrom:R
In reply to "Do you know of any free… by DanielR
That's really useful. Bookmarking that one. Thanks!
I think it's mostly E Major and E minor. After inserting the key signatures there are sections where you have the wrong accidentals and most of them can be fixed by selecting passage and pressing UpArrow, DownArrow or vice versa.
But, yes, check the original.
In reply to . by underquark
Great! Thanks for the advice on fixing accidentals.
Look for recurring accidentals that are not part of the original key signature. They may indicate the new key or a temporary tonicization of another chord.
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