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#222276 - 11/30/07 05:06 PM I LOVE...
tony mads usa Offline
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Registered: 01/16/02
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Loc: East Greenwich RI USA
... the transpose button on my kn6000 ...I know my board is old, and may be considered 'passe' by some, but it has some great features, including the 'Transpose' button ...
Today I played a Christmas party at an self/assisted living Senior housing site ... Having battled with a cold and a 'croupy' cough all week, I KNEW I wasn't going to be able to hit some of the high notes ... All I had to do was hit the 'Transpose' button once for each 1/2 step I wanted to bring the song down ...
Worked like a charm and no one was the wiser ...
PS... also another advantage of being a OMB ... imagine if I were playing with a horn player and playing tunes in the key of B or F# ???
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#222277 - 12/01/07 11:48 AM Re: I LOVE...
Diki Offline


Registered: 04/25/05
Posts: 14182
Loc: NW Florida
Well, B for sure is not the horn players key of choice, but surprisingly, F# is not bad at all...

You have to remember that tenor sax and trumpet (and soprano sax) are all Bb instruments, so when you are in F#, they are playing in Ab, a pretty good key for a horn!

But playing horn (I play trombone) with a lot of guitar bands, you get pretty used to playing in a lot of sharp keys! If only guitarists tuned a half-step flat...
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#222278 - 12/01/07 11:50 AM Re: I LOVE...
Diki Offline


Registered: 04/25/05
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Loc: NW Florida
Forgot to add, though... Thank God for the transpose button when you AND the horn player are reading the same book...! At least you can t-pose to Bb (or Eb for an alto) and he doesn't have to sight transpose (or you!).
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#222279 - 12/03/07 05:15 PM Re: I LOVE...
cassp Offline
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Registered: 03/21/03
Posts: 3748
Loc: Motown
The transpose button is one of the greatest inventions ever for keyboards. The only unfortunate thing about my XK-1 is that it doesn't transpose.
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#222280 - 12/04/07 02:38 AM Re: I LOVE...
Bernie9 Offline
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Registered: 09/21/02
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Loc: Port Charlotte,FL,USA
I sure was happy to see that my PA800 was able to alter pitch and tempo on the fly, as well as save the settings on MP3 as well as styles.

Bernie
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#222281 - 12/04/07 07:20 AM Re: I LOVE...
ianmcnll Offline
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Registered: 07/27/05
Posts: 10606
Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada
I love using the transpose, especially(on the S900) when it waits for you to get back on the keys before it jumps...I'm sure other arrangers allow that as well.

I also like to transpose down a key in a song(at the appropriate time, of course)...I find it a nice change from only doing ups.

Ian
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#222282 - 12/04/07 07:37 AM Re: I LOVE...
Dnj Offline
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Registered: 09/21/00
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corectamundo Ian the Korg does that also.....great feature I use it all the time. Canb also be assigned to the EC5 .

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#222283 - 12/04/07 03:43 PM Re: I LOVE...
Diki Offline


Registered: 04/25/05
Posts: 14182
Loc: NW Florida
Quote:
Originally posted by cassp:
The only unfortunate thing about my XK-1 is that it doesn't transpose.


According to Hammond Suzuki's XK-1 page;

Tuning:
Master: 430 ~450 (Hz Steps)
Transpose: -6 ~ 0 ~ +6

Take another look at the manual, cassp...
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#222284 - 12/04/07 04:55 PM Re: I LOVE...
ianmcnll Offline
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Good catch, Diki!
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#222285 - 12/04/07 08:27 PM Re: I LOVE...
cassp Offline
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Registered: 03/21/03
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Loc: Motown
Diki - great detective work. I'll check it out first thing in the morning. That will be a great help. Thanks much!
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