copying notes from selection to target changes the pitch

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JAMES WARD Posted July 17, 2018 19:41

64-bit operating system, x64-based processor, Windows 10 Pro, Finale 25.5.0.290

I am copying a selection from concert pitch voices to a target Finale document, concert pitch voices. After CTRL-C, I CTRL-V to the target staff. The entire selection is a minor third below the original selection. I am creating an orchestration of an older SATB with piano and I wanted to paste the original choral/piano arrangement into the orchestration.

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MIKE HALLORAN Posted July 17, 2018 20:11

Is the modern tenor clef involved?

PETER THOMSEN Posted July 17, 2018 20:51

My first guess would be that you are copying from a section in a major key signature to a section in a minor key signature.

You can probably - without any problems - change the minor key signature to the parallel major key signature, while telling Finale to Hold Notes to Original Pitches {Chromatically}.

When you have done so, the copying should work - without getting transposed by a third.

JAMES WARD Posted July 17, 2018 21:28

Mike Halloran, no tenor clef.

Peter Thomsen, that was it. My original document had been arranged in F major, even though the whole song was in D minor. The new orchestration was set up in D minor. Thanks, you saved me a lot of work!

James Ward

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