Transposing instruments

Transpositions are configured automatically whenever you add an instrument with the Setup Wizard or ScoreManager. However, any staff can be defined to have any instrument transposition; for example, a trumpet staff can be notated up a whole step, yet SongWriter will still play the music at concert pitch. While you’re working on the score, you can be looking at the instrumental staves either in their transposed or concert-pitch forms.

To define a staff transposition

1. Choose Window > ScoreManager and click the staff you want to change.
2. Choose Transposition > [desired transposition]. The Staff Transpositions dialog box appears.
3. Close the ScoreManager.

To display a score in concert pitch (or in transposed form)

• Choose Document >Display in Concert Pitch. If this option is selected, all music appears in its untransposed form (concert pitch) and a checkmark appears next to the menu item. When this option isn’t selected, any staff you’ve defined as a transposing staff will appear in its transposed form, just as it will when the part is extracted.

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