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jgh
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Post by jgh » Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:16 pm

Hi everybody, is there a way to copy a layer of percussion into another layer, and then move the second layer to a different line on the staff? For any other instrument I would do Move/Copy Layers --> Copy Layer 1 to Layer 2, and then Show Active Layers Only and use Command 7 to move the new layer a few lines up the staff, but in Orchestral Percussion, Command 6/7 don't seem to move notes up and down lines of the staff. Any solutions to copy a percussion part to another layer but have them on separate lines?


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Post by jgh » Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:26 pm

Alternatively, is there a way to take a part that is notated as a single voice in Orchestral Percussion, and keeping it all in the same layer, create a second voice a fourth or fifth apart?

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Post by zuill » Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:47 pm

Percussion notes don't transpose the same as other instruments. Each individual instrument is assigned a staff position in the Layout. If you want to change that, edit the Layout and make the changes there.

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Post by Nick Mazuk » Thu Jul 19, 2018 4:20 pm

Hi There,

What you are looking for is actually two different functionalities.

For the percussion notes, as Zuill pointed out, they don't transpose the same way that ordinary notes do and hence 6/7 won't work. Instead, use the Transpose Percussion tool (Utilities > Transpose Percussion).

For the other orchestral instruments where you want everything a fourth or a fifth off, you can use the normal transpose tool (either right-click > Transpose or Utilities > Transpose). Then, select the interval you want as well as "Preserve Original Pitches". This will keep the original positions while adding another note at the specified interval.

Hope this helps,

Nick
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Post by jgh » Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:16 pm

Thanks guys, Transpose Percussion worked great.

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