Transposition

 

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How to get there

Click the Selection Tool  image\Selection_Tool.gif, and select a region of measures. Choose Transpose from the Utilities Menu. Or, with any tool that supports measure selection selected (see Selecting music), hold down the Command and Shift key and press 6, 7, 8, or 9 to open this dialog box (to program a transposition metatool).

 

Note: Use the following metatool key commands to quickly transpose a selected region of music: -6 = Down M2, -7 = Up M2, -8 = Down octave, -9 = Up Octave. These are Finale's default settings, but can be changed by reassigning the metatool definition.

What it does

In this dialog box you can specify a transposition of any interval, from a half step to many octaves, you want to be applied to the selected measures (or to the mirror, or to a note in the selected motif). This kind of transposition has nothing to do with the key signature; it merely transposes the selected music up or down by the interval you specify, adding or subtracting accidentals as necessary.

 

See Also:

Utilities Menu

 

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