Thanks, Aaron
Sent from Mailspring (https://getmailspring.com/), the best free email app for work On Aug 30 2020, at 1:13 pm, Richard Shann <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
