Transposing a Melody into Another Key - Music Theory
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Date: 2022-03-28
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Dan
Have just read 6 articles on this from very smug sounding people, laying out unfathomably complex descriptions of music's psudo-science for a notation standard and how transposition works. After the 6th one I still couldn't have transposed a piece given a week and gun to my child's head. I went through the whole of school and years of music lessons not being able to tell you what a 'key' actually is or how any of that stuff works. Having watched this 4 minute and 38 second instruction from someone who actually understands how the human mind works, I'm pretty sure I can carry on with the thing I am doing (transposing a piece for my toddler to play on his music box) and I'm fairly sure I have now inferred what a key actually is (apparently its a subset of the notes available to possibly play out of which you might choose to write and/or play a piece in). I don't see the name of the chap who did this, but well-done Mr. Music Matters, you have succeeded in 4 minutes where many others have dramatically failed!
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Have just read 6 articles on this from very smug sounding people, laying out unfathomably complex descriptions of music's psudo-science for a notation standard and how transposition works. After the 6th one I still couldn't have transposed a piece given a week and gun to my child's head. I went through the whole of school and years of music lessons not being able to tell you what a 'key' actually is or how any of that stuff works. Having watched this 4 minute and 38 second instruction from someone who actually understands how the human mind works, I'm pretty sure I can carry on with the thing I am doing (transposing a piece for my toddler to play on his music box) and I'm fairly sure I have now inferred what a key actually is (apparently its a subset of the notes available to possibly play out of which you might choose to write and/or play a piece in). I don't see the name of the chap who did this, but well-done Mr. Music Matters, you have succeeded in 4 minutes where many others have dramatically failed!
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Rusca8
-Want an extra trick?-
You can know beforhand which accidentals will stay the same and which will change:
- Check how many extra sharps you have in the new key (in the video it's 2).
- Count that many sharps in the order of sharps (F, C).
- Those that you counted are the ones that the transposed melody will have with a -sharpened- accidental (you can see flats became naturals).
- Any other note not in the list keeps the same accidental (you can see it with the D).
PS: it also works the same when going to a flatter key. Just count the extra flats, pick them from the order of flats, and -flatten- their accidental.
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-Want an extra trick?-
You can know beforhand which accidentals will stay the same and which will change:
- Check how many extra sharps you have in the new key (in the video it's 2).
- Count that many sharps in the order of sharps (F, C).
- Those that you counted are the ones that the transposed melody will have with a -sharpened- accidental (you can see flats became naturals).
- Any other note not in the list keeps the same accidental (you can see it with the D).
PS: it also works the same when going to a flatter key. Just count the extra flats, pick them from the order of flats, and -flatten- their accidental.
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Sofia
If you transpose it in minor (2nds 3rds etc.) do you have to count each note to know if you need to add an accidental? My music theory book doesn't say anything about this. All the examples use major (2nds 3rds etc.) I feel like I should add accidental because if I don't than minor could easily be recognized as major. Sorry if this comment is tldr
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If you transpose it in minor (2nds 3rds etc.) do you have to count each note to know if you need to add an accidental? My music theory book doesn't say anything about this. All the examples use major (2nds 3rds etc.) I feel like I should add accidental because if I don't than minor could easily be recognized as major. Sorry if this comment is tldr
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Rebecca
still don't really get it, a big to little information...- Please could u do it a big more specific, because I still don't quite get it, I have an theory exam grade 5 in March next year and I'm struggling really badly
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still don't really get it, a big to little information...- Please could u do it a big more specific, because I still don't quite get it, I have an theory exam grade 5 in March next year and I'm struggling really badly
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-H.
Hey that made sense! We just did it in school music lesson and ugh my teacher is bad in explaining. I searched this up and this video is great!
But what if you transpose in minor key?
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Hey that made sense! We just did it in school music lesson and ugh my teacher is bad in explaining. I searched this up and this video is great!
But what if you transpose in minor key?
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Piggsy
Thank you so much!! This helped a lot for my music theory homework, this video was an amazing way of showing a simple way of transposing a melody.
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Thank you so much!! This helped a lot for my music theory homework, this video was an amazing way of showing a simple way of transposing a melody.
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Taz-on-the-loose
wonderful explanation, exams are around the corner and i must understand the little remaining bits, greetings from Botswana
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wonderful explanation, exams are around the corner and i must understand the little remaining bits, greetings from Botswana
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Rebecca
Sorry not good at online learing times so sadly I can't check out your courses, please do a little further about transposing
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Sorry not good at online learing times so sadly I can't check out your courses, please do a little further about transposing
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