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TRANSPOSING INSTRUMENTS

I am currently orchestrating a musical wirtten by a friend, and wish to use Noteworthy. Does anyone have a list of instruments and how many semitones to transpose them with eg:
Eb BARITONE SAX (+21) FROM C

in particular:
fl, ob, clt, tpt, trom, b. guit, guit, vln, cello, viola, percussion and drums.

thanx

Re: TRANSPOSING INSTRUMENTS

Reply #1 –
Most of them will be found in "Compass.nwc", a compendium of instrument compasses and transpositions available at the NWC Scriptorium.

Click on the "Other Useful Files" link. Also check out the "Brasband.txt" file which gives more info on brass instruments.

If memory serves, guitar and bass weren't included; fortunately, these are very easy. Guitar - written in treble clef, sounds one octave lower than written. Bass (electric or acoustic) - written in bass clef, sound one octave lower than written.