Hello
An old lady who likes to sing used to have music transposed to suit her singing voice. The old man who used to do this recently died and she is now stuck. I told her I was doing theory...in fact exam grade4 tomorrow.
She has a piece written in C Major and finds some of the notes too high to reach..she asked me if I could help...
Can music be transposed into any key and still sound the same or are there certain rules...So far I have not covered transposing other than from one clef to another.
If I tried to change it to A Major...do I count the semitones I have moved it down by ie 3 and then move all the notes down by three semitones.


Thanks Mike

That should work. If all the notes are moved by the same amount it should sound the same but a bit higher/lower (as far as I know).

Hello
The Piece is "And I Love you so" by Don McLean
I think Perry Como sang it...
BFN Mike

Write in the key signature of A major and then write out the notes a 3rd lower, a line note will move to the line below and a space note will be in the space below. Then work out the accidentals so that they have the same effect in the new key. So a Bb for example would become a Gnatural in Amajor. Alternatively, check that the interval is a minor 3rd between all the notes.

Good luck with your exam tomorrow!

Good luck tomorrow Mike

how about getting some music paper - you need 2 staves. write out the c maj scale on one and the a maj scale on the other so the notes are aligned vertically. leave space between the notes so you can insert accidentals.
good luck.