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transposing a hymn

Is it possible to scan a hymn from a hymnal, in order for it to be transposed for a musical instrument other than a piano or organ? I was asked if I could do this with a hymn, and since I do not play, I would like to scan rather than putting in each note. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

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The have been numerous debates over the capabilities of scanning software for music, often within this forum. Generally, the consensus is that it is often easier to enter the parts manually than to edit all of the errors scanning software makes. With that in mind, see the thread under https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=1088. I have used the Sharpeye software mentioned for single and multiple line scores (including keyboard/piano parts), and have found it to work reasonably well. The limitations are that you then have to export your file as a MIDI from Sharpeye and then import to NWC, which may cause you some problems. If you're comfortable with the importing and exporting, then I'd recommend you try out Sharpeye. http://www.visiv.co.uk/

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Note that there are thousands of MIDI hymns on the net, and several of the major MIDI sequencers use NWC and post .NWC files. What hymnal, and what hymn, are you after?

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The hymn I am trying to transpose is "Go, Tell It on the Mountain" found on page 57 of "CHRISTIAN WORSHIP A Lutheran Hymnal" copyright 1993 by Northwestern Publishing House. To those who responded: Thank you for taking the time to reply, and thank you for your help. :)

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Go to http://www.lutheran-hymnal.com/lutheranworship/alutheranworship10.htm.

Someone has kindly set all the hymns in the Lutheran hymnal iinto midi format. The hymn you are looking for is 504.

You will be asked to save the hymn to disk. Then use either a notation program such as NWC (import the midi) or sequencing program to transpose the key and print. Hope that helps.

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Hi, can anyone transpose the hymnn, "Angels We Have Heard On High" ? I have to sing it on the 17th of Dec and I would like it to be 2 or 3 octaves lower. thanks for your help, Chris

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Chris: Do you really mean 2 or 3 /octaves/ lower? Or do you mean 2 or 3 semitones (half-steps) lower, or 2 or 3 scale notes lower?

Unless I miss my guess, what you really mean was that you want a hymn originally written in (say) key of G to be transposed down to (say) key of D, in the baritone range one octave below the treble clef.