Transposing a Staff

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Transposing a Staff

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If you wish to transpose all of the notes in a staff, you should first ask yourself these questions: Do you wish to change actual as-heard pitches of all of the notes in the staff? Or, do you wish to transpose the staff according to the natural key or clef of the instrument? For example, do you wish to transpose the notes for a Bb clarinet up by two half-steps, or transpose the notes for a guitar up by an octave?

If you wish to transpose the actual as-heard pitches of all of the notes in the staff, then select all of the notes in the staff, and then raise or lower the pitches of all of the notes with one Change Pitch command. For details, see Editing Note Pitch.

If you wish to transpose the as-notated pitches according to the natural key or clef of the instrument, then use the Transpose Instrument Key command in the Staff menu.

Please see the details in the above two referenced topics for further details.