'guitar transposition notation'

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guitar transposition notation - helenvee, 18 Apr 04:44PM
     Re: guitar transposition notation - Wim Hoogewerf, 18 Apr 06:35PM
         Re: guitar transposition notation - helenvee, 18 Apr 06:56PM
             Re: guitar transposition notation - James, 18 Apr 07:46PM
                 Re: guitar transposition notation - Bob Zawalich, 18 Apr 08:05PM

guitar transposition notation
Posted by helenvee - 18 Apr 04:44PM
I am scoring a musical. I have a guitar part that plays both strumming and licks. The guitar part is played with a capo, I have made the guitar a transposing instrument so the chords show up in the capo key. My issue is that I want the licks to show up in concert pitch, not in the transposed key. Is there a way, on the same stave, to show transposed chords and concert pitch notes? Or, is there another convention I should know about for this situation as far as how to score it? Thank you,
Helen
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Re: guitar transposition notation
Posted by Wim Hoogewerf - 18 Apr 06:35PM
Are the licks to be played with the capo as well?

You can use both standard guitar and transposed guitar within the same part. Simply use instrument changes for the licks passages.This can be done both in the full score or in the part only.

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Re: guitar transposition notation
Posted by helenvee - 18 Apr 06:56PM
The licks are played with the capo as well, but the guitar player will want to know the concert pitch notes for these licks.

Instrument changes would work, except the licks also have chord symbols over them, so I would need to be showing concert pitch and transposed pitch simultaneously, in the same bar. I could do this and sort of "cheat," by changing those passages to concert pitch and then writing the chords as I want them to appear, if you get what I mean by that. But, I was hoping there was a non-"cheating" way to do it.
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Re: guitar transposition notation
Posted by James - 18 Apr 07:46PM
You might also consider providing the guitarist with two staves, one with both chords and licks at concert pitch and the other with both chords and licks transposed for capo. If I were the guitarist I would like that. Or else I would like only the transposed staff.

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Re: guitar transposition notation
Posted by Bob Zawalich - 18 Apr 08:05PM
Personally, as a guitarist, if I am using a capo I don't care about concert pitch, I just pretend that I am in a different key where the nut of the guitar is where the capo is. A lot of guitarists who use capos regularly tend to think that way.

If the guitar is set up as a transposing instrument, you can provide both the full score and the part, one of which will be in concert and one in the transposed key and let the guitarist choose. Or add a non transposed guitar and then make up a part with both the transposed and non transposed instruments.

You can also just provide a concert score and use the Add Capo Chord Symbols plugin to add an additional set of chord symbols

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guitar transposition notation - helenvee, 18 Apr 04:44PM
     Re: guitar transposition notation - Wim Hoogewerf, 18 Apr 06:35PM
         Re: guitar transposition notation - helenvee, 18 Apr 06:56PM
             Re: guitar transposition notation - James, 18 Apr 07:46PM
                 Re: guitar transposition notation - Bob Zawalich, 18 Apr 08:05PM