Re: [Denemo-devel] Copying/pasting between staffs

[Nils Gey]

I forgot: Since Guitar and Bass are indeed transposing instruments,
they sound an octave lower than written, you probably are searching for:
Staff->Properties->Midi->Transposition. Enter -12 here.

Nils

Am Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:45:08 +0100
schrieb Nils Gey <address@hidden>:

> Am Sun, 21 Nov 2010 08:16:09 +0000
> schrieb Richard Shann <address@hidden>:
> 
> > On Sat, 2010-11-20 at 21:02 -0800, Ken Restivo wrote:
> > > I wrote this bassline, input it in bass clef, then copied it to
> > > the guitar staff above it, which is G clef.
> > > 
> > > http://restivo.org/misc/denemo4.png
> 
> Denemo works with real, logical correct, notes, not just with dots on
> lines. What you encountered is a drawing bug, the notes are correct
> indeed. They are just the same what they were in the original clef.
> After all this is what is "translating between clefs" really means:
> Keep the same pitch, but draw it different (the last part was is
> obviously wrong in Denemo, but saving and reloading shows that it
> worked in fact. There are other workarounds...)
> 
> 
> > > I looked at the transpose feature, but couldn't figure out the
> > > secret magic code to get it to just transpose up 1 whole step from
> > > what is shown on screen. 
> 
> Since you are translating between Bass and Guitar I suspect you are
> not interested in Transposing at all but in Diatonic shifting.
> Use the "Gaming Cursor Keys" [w][a][s][d] for real Denemo magic. 
> 
> [w] and [s] shift the selected notes (or single ones) up and down, but
> they stay in the key. Hold shift to let them jump a whole octave up or
> down. This even preserves accidentals. 
> This fixes the display after copy and paste, too. 
> 
> [a] and [d] are for double / half the duration of a note/selection.
> 
> Nils
> 
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