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PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) User Manual

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8.3

Disable or Enable Automatic Transposing

Before you start Entering notes, consider how you want their pitches to appear on staves . By default, transposing

instruments, such as a trumpet, appear in a different key . For example, a “Bb” trumpet’s part appears in your notation staff

to be at a different pitch/key than keyboards and other “C” instruments, but sounds correctly in tune during Notion

playback .
This transposition is mandatory so live musicians reading your score will correctly play your composition the way you

intended . If you prefer to compose or arrange with automatic transposing disabled, then the pitches you see on the

notation staff will all be concert (exact) pitches for all instruments .
To disable or enable automatic transposing, go to the Menu bar and:

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To keep the default setting (standard notation), ensure View > Transposed has a checkmark .

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To display transposing instruments in the same key as other “C” instruments, click View > Concert Tuning so it

receives a checkmark .

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To display transposing instruments in the same key as other “C” instruments

and

in the actual concert octave

(piccolo, for example, is written an octave lower than actual pitch), then click View > Concert Pitch so it receives a

checkmark .