horn in F

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Post by Arturo » Wed Jun 07, 2017 4:03 pm

Hi,
I need to transpose a horn in F (I have the full score with concert pitch), it's an atonal piece, I don't want to have a key for the horn so I went to score manager, transposition > other > chromatic > 5 up interval. The problem is that I'm working in a file that has a non standard key, I need ¼ accidentals, the accidentals are all messed up in the transposition and if I want to correct them manually I can't access to the sharp accidental, any ideas ?
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed Jun 07, 2017 5:12 pm

I think that we need more info.

Could you attach a (small) Finale sample document here that has the problem?

We do not need to see the actual music.
A document with empty measures will do fine.
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Post by Arturo » Wed Jun 07, 2017 5:30 pm

Here's the file
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed Jun 07, 2017 5:55 pm

You are using a quartertone key signature that divides the octave into 24 quartersteps.

And you are using a chromatic staff transposition that displays a fifth above Concert Pitch.

Staff transposition does not work in a quartertone key signature, only in traditional (halftone) key signatures

Instead of using a staff transposition, notate as if the horn were in Concert Pitch (= in C).

Playback will be off by a fifth.
If playback is important, use an expression to transpose the Horn staff’s playback.
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Arturo
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Post by Arturo » Wed Jun 07, 2017 6:03 pm

I notated in concert pitch, playback is not an issue.
I think that the best is to select the horn part and transpose 5 up and then change the accidentals manually...

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Post by Ere Lievonen » Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:55 pm

It is possible to make transpositions work correctly in quarter-tone key signatures.

See these instructions:
http://www.erelievonen.eu/documents/mic ... Finale.pdf
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