The Church Pianist: Transposing Hymns: The Easy Method
Transposing can be easy when moving a half step
higher or lower from the original key.
(This may be common knowledge to most of
you all but here’s to those who’ve never heard.)
First…you’ll need the music in front of you: preferrably the hymnal.
All you have to do is play the same notes, but in a different key.
For example:
A hymn in D major (two sharps) can be changed
to D flat major (five flats).
You’re reading the same notes but having to flat
certain ones instead of sharping them.
A hymn in A major (three sharps) can be changed
to A flat major (four flats).
Notice a numeric pattern? The sum of each key
change equals seven.
Also take note that each key maintains the same
letter name but moves from sharps to flats or vice
versa…depending on which direction you want to
transpose.
This is one of the easiest ways to transpose!
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