On Sun, 2020-08-30 at 13:00 -0400, aaron mehl wrote: > > > Sent from Mailspring, the best free email app for work > On Aug 30 2020, at 12:22 pm, Richard Shann <[email protected]> > wrote: > On Sun, 2020-08-30 at 11:47 -0400, aaron mehl wrote: > > > Presumably you have an old version of Denemo - I looked up > "Transposition" in the index of the manual and it took me to 27.1 > -------------------------- > I guess you are right I must have installed it from the distribution > instead of your site. > > > > > btw it doen't mention that if you want to transpose a section > select > > it. > > yes, many commands have that as a feature (e.g. staccato I think)... > > > > > That sounds like a nightmare in the making - if you find a mistake in > one file you have to correct it in both. > ------------------------- > usually you are right but here I have created gematrias (hebrew > numerology) from on of the psalms and used the root of the digits > leaving me a number from 1-9. > I am composing in d dorian, c major e phrygian, and a minor. > Instead of reentering the notes 4 times I want to transpose them in > speperate files which I can use late at each mode change. > So I need extra files...... > > > Why not just transpose on > typesetting? You can even make the transposition conditional on an > omission criterion, so that it is omitted if you want to print > without > transposition but included if you want to print with transposition - > then you can choose which way to print from the Print View itself, > using the Omission Criterion button to select which. > ------------------------- > here I am only creating something akin to a tone row (modal) and will > use it to build motives harmony counterpoint etc. I will need to copy > and paste the hard notes. > > > e.g > > > > Command: Arbitrary transpose down > > Transpose/shift the cursor note or selection an arbitrary number of > > tones down. User can specify interval through a dialog. > > Location: Object Menu ▶ _Notes/Rests ▶ Transpose Music > > Internal Name: ShiftRealDialogDown > > > > I am assuming this also works on a selection. > > yes. > > > is actually changing the notes you wrote in the first place while > > > > Command: Transpose on Print (Graphical Interface) > > Gets an interval from the user: the entire score is transposed by > > this > > interval on typesetting - key signatures are transposed as well as > > notes and chord symbols. > > Location: Object Menu ▶ _Score ▶ Typesetter > > Internal Name: TransposeOnPrint > > > > is changing the key that the piece will be typeset in. > > But still I don't see Dorian or phrygian at all in denemo but it > > exists in lillypond > > It is just a variation on the syntax with no effect on the > typesetting, > so I think it has been dropped from the Denemo interface - you could > still emit that syntax if you wanted to. > ---------------------------- > So for me now the the note transposition on a selection will be the > best it seems?
Yes, you can use the command Command: Select All Music In Movement Creates a selection for all the music in the current movement. Location: Main Menu ▶ _Edit ▶ Select Internal Name: SelectAll to select all the music and then the physical transposition command in the Notes/Rests menu. You will have to change the key signature separately. Richard
