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#222093 - 11/26/07 07:59 PM Re: need help w/ yamaha s900
ianmcnll Offline
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Registered: 07/27/05
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Not so, bro.
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#222094 - 11/27/07 02:40 AM Re: need help w/ yamaha s900
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If you are reading music and you transpose – and the chord is shown in the new key how do you follow the written music the chords will be different. (If you are using the displayed chord for reference)

John C.

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#222095 - 11/27/07 05:06 AM Re: need help w/ yamaha s900
jwyvern Offline
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Registered: 09/06/06
Posts: 365
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Originally posted by Fran Carango:
Why? You already know the chord you are playing!!!!



Sure you know the chord you're playing- you don't need the KB to tell you that. The only use I can see for the feature is to confirm what the KB is "interpreting" your chord as.
Apart from that what other uses does it have?

John

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#222096 - 11/27/07 03:46 PM Re: need help w/ yamaha s900
Diki Offline


Registered: 04/25/05
Posts: 14182
Loc: NW Florida
The whole point of key transposing is so that you can PLAY (and THINK) in one key, while it actually SOUNDS in another. The only reason I could possibly think of for the display showing what is sounding, rather than what you 'played' is for someone reading over your shoulder with a non-transposed instrument, otherwise, it is just going to throw you off your 'thinking'.

I'm sorry, but this just sounds like one of those 'it seemed like a good idea at the time' features!
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#222097 - 11/27/07 08:37 PM Re: need help w/ yamaha s900
Dnj Offline
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I relate KB tranpose to using a Capo on a guitar

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#222098 - 11/28/07 04:19 AM Re: need help w/ yamaha s900
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Diki, sorry – But the whole point of key transposing is not just to play in the same key, it’s much more than that.
1-Is the key the music is written in complimenting the range of the Trumpet solo?
2-Is the key in the proper range for the person doing the vocal?

Playing in the same key is just one of the reasons.

DNJ, The Capo can be used on the guitar to change the key you’re playing in, but for the most part they are used to create a chord with open strings. If I play a bar F chord on the first fret all the strings are closed (Fingered). If I place the Capo on the first fret and finger an E chord I have an F chord with open strings. Open strings are used for many types of music, country being one.

Sorry, But I had to say that, John C.

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