I need to transpose music, vocal with piano accompaniant, to a higher key to match my voice range. I've been trying to locate such a service on the Internet but no luck. I've had a friend try Sibelius II and another computer program where the existing music is scanned and the computer transposes to a higher key. It doesn't work, misses notes etc.
Does anyone know how to get this done? I have 4 pieces of Broadway songs that need transposing.
Send suggestions to darcee@aol.com please.
Thank you

Does anyone know how to get this done? - darcee

I do the simple stuff by hand, but use Finale or Allegro software for large pieces. Sibelius II is a fine program and if it is failing to properly transpose everything, then it's my guess that either the scan is not being fully read or that the set-up may have not been done properly. I would keep trying. There is a tutorial included in Sibelius that should walk you through the steps. It does a nice job with transposing.

Actually, this is a service I offer and if you cannot resolve the problem, you are certainly welcome to contact me through my website and I will get them done for you.

Keyplyr,
Thanks for your reply. I'll give Sibelius another try and if it doesn't work I'll contact you for transposing.

Dan

Hi Darcee,

Sibelius is a very good program for composition/orchestration. However, it doesn't do well for scanning music and I believe that is because of the 3rd party software involved which is Photoscore.

I bought photoscore for a similar use as what you are trying to do (I orchestrate choral piano parts). However, the entire scanning thing didn't work well at all. I wish I could get my money back.

That is not to say that Sibelius is not good for composition/orchestration. I like it quite a bit.

You have two options with Sibelius (as well as the other music notation software packages) which is to input the music in by hand/keyboard/mouse (not difficult, but tedius and takes time) or input via a keyboard and MIDI. Personally, I input the piece by hand/keyboard and it doesn't take me too much time.

Evan