Transpose a whole score

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Transpose a whole score

2015-10-04 01:03 pm

   I know that in the past a wish-list item has been an expansion of the "Transpose" function to work not only on one Staff at a time but in addition, and if so chosen, on the entire (multi-staff) Score in one fell swoop. This latter would be very convenient when trying to match/compare a previously-written NWC Score with a recording of the Work that has been made at a lower pitch - typical of many Classical pieces which were originally intended for playing at "Baroque" pitch (C=415) rather than modern pitch (C=440). Changing an orchestral score staff by staff, while perfectly possible, is a bit of a drag! And it's especially irritating for me, when working on a Choral Score, such as a Mass, with maybe ten or more independent sections.

   So: can we do a "whole Score" transpose now, with 2.75 (if so, I can't find how!), or ... has someone made a User Tool for this?

   MusicJohn, 4/Oct/15

Re: Transpose a whole score

Reply #1 – 2015-10-04 02:05 pm

The Viewer can be used to transpose the play back of a file.

If you actually want to transpose all staffs, you should probably do them one staff at a time. Theoretically, a user tool could be made to do this. If you just want to set the staff transposition in staff properties, a global mod expression like this might help:

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StaffInstrument Trans+=2

This expression transposes the play back of all staffs up by two semitones.

Re: Transpose a whole score

Reply #2 – 2015-10-04 02:13 pm

Take care of channel 10!

Re: Transpose a whole score

Reply #3 – 2015-10-04 02:14 pm

Excellent point...if you use that expression, you will need to fix any percussion staffs.

Re: Transpose a whole score

Reply #4 – 2015-10-04 02:35 pm

Quote from: NoteWorthy Online – 2015-10-04 02:05 pm

If you just want to set the staff transposition in staff properties, a global mod expression like this might help:
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StaffInstrument Trans+=2

To change all the transpositions, use:

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StaffInstrument,Trans Trans+=2 Instrument,Trans Trans+=2

But, as Flurmy says, you will need to reset anything assigned to the drum channel(s)

Re: Transpose a whole score

Reply #5 – 2015-10-04 04:31 pm

"The Viewer can be used to transpose the play back of a file."

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Re: Transpose a whole score

Reply #6 – 2015-10-04 04:43 pm

   Sorry: I hit the wrong key!

   "The Viewer can be used to transpose the play back of a file."

   Ah. I didn't know that. But ... if it can, then presumably the main NWC ought to be able to - could easily be modified to - do such a global transpose as well?

   And ... if I could send the transposed version to NWC2 - which I can't; probably because I'm still using W2K I get an error message

   "The Windows Shell reports that the file
   could not be opened using the "open with
   NWC Version 2" verb. NWC 2 may not be
   completely installed on your system"

- or to NWC 1 - which again I can't but this time because the choice is "greyed out" - I think I'd be happy.

   At the moment I am totally higgorant about global mods and the like.

   MusicJohn, 4/Oct/15

Re: Transpose a whole score

Reply #7 – 2015-10-04 05:23 pm

Quote from: MusicJohn – 2015-10-04 04:43 pm

if I could send the transposed version to NWC2

You can't. The viewer does not modify song files.

Re: Transpose a whole score

Reply #8 – 2015-10-12 09:00 am

   Thanks for all your comments. Once I move over to NWC2 - 2.75 - I will endeavour to make use of them.

   Meanwhile ... still using W2K I fear I may have to continue adjusting each staff, one by one, changing the pitch using the Staff Properties (F2)/Midi window (in 2.75, of course, this pitch control has been moved over to the selected Instrument Window).

   It really, really would be nice if I could transpose - ie, modify the pitch - the lot all in one fell swoop!

   Of course, one possibility, albeit rather time-consuming, is to convert the File to nwctxt, do a find-and-replace of the several "trans" commands, and then convert back to plain nwc. That works - provided I choose the right variety of plain text to convert back to - though it's a bit draggy to import to 2.75, save as nwctxt, load into Notepad and do the f-&-r and save, import back into 2.75, and finally export as 1.75. Still, worth doing with a File with lots of staves.

   MusicJohn, 12/Oct/15

Re: Transpose a whole score

Reply #9 – 2015-10-12 03:45 pm

Hello MusicJohn,

Does the following tool meet your needs?

TransposeScore