New user confused about transposing tool...

[deanesque]

I can't get transpose to work properly. The manual states:

"To transpose a particular section of your score, highlight a passage (or click-select specific notes)."

Then ...

"Either:
––Go to the Menu bar and select Tools > Transpose, or
––Right-click and select Tools > Transpose in the context menu.
» The Transpose dialog box opens."

Up to here it works fine but it will not transpose bu simply highlighting a section (or Ctrl-A). It will only transpose if I individually click on each note that I want transposed. Surely I'm missing something. You can't possibly have to click on every note individually to transpose!!!

Help appreciated.

[thorrild]

The Transpose command works fine for me, on a single note as well as on a highlighted passage of any size.

Are you by any chance trying to transpose by an octave? The Transpose window has an odd quirk: After you select Octave in the interval list, you also have to change the drop-down menu on the right side from "Same octave" to "One octave" in order to produce the desired result.

I've never figured out why it's designed this way. I hereby invite Kyle or someone else at Notion to explain the logic behind it.

Best wishes,
Thorrild

[Admin]

My understanding of how this is designed is that you select "Same Octave" if you want to transpose a specific interval within the octave of your original notes. The option for 1, 2, 3, etc... is if you want to transpose that same interval MORE than one octave.

Dean-
This function works really well for me! Instead of selecting your material by pressing ctrl+a use the mouse to select the parts you'd like to transpose then use the right click>tools>transpose method. If this doesn't work don't hesitate to give Brian in tech support a call.....

-Kyle

[deanesque]

Thanks for the replies. I think I figured it out. I was transposing a percussion line. Pitched instruments seem to work fine but percussion lines seem to require individually selecting each note for transposition. Is the by design? When I import my percussion files via MIDI from Sibelius they seem to be about 3 octaves too low. If this is how it is supposed to work it will take a lot of work to import these files. I know that un-pitched percussion is a bit different from pitched instruments but it seems logical that if you can select individually to transpose that you should be able to group select as well. Perhaps there is a reason for this?