Transposing music

You can use our editor’s Transpose feature to permanently transpose some (or all) of your music by a given interval.

Temporary vs. permanent transposition

A quick note! Soundslice has two types of transposition, so let’s make sure you understand the difference.

If you just want to temporarily transpose the music you’re viewing in Soundslice, use our player’s transposition function. This will transpose the music on the fly, and it’ll be restored to its default transposition next time you view it. This function is available for any slice you view on our site, even those you didn’t create yourself.

Permanent transposition, on the other hand, is an editing function that lets you transpose a selection of your music for good. You can transpose a single note, or a short phrase, or an entire instrument, or all instruments in the slice. Being an editor function, it’s only available for slices that you’ve created yourself.

This help page is about permanent transposition, not temporary transposition.

The Transpose function

Transposition in our editor works via the Transpose screen. To open, it use the editor search to search for transpose, then click the “Transpose” command.

The resulting Transpose screen looks like this:

• Transpose lets you select whether to transpose the selected notes, an entire instrument or the entire slice.
• Interval lets you choose the specific interval to transpose by. You can choose it either by sliding the slider left/right or by selecting a named interval. As you change the interval, we’ll automatically update an example, to show you how your selected interval would be applied to a C natural note.
• Include lets you specify whether to transpose key signatures and chord names. Please note that key signatures can’t be transposed if you’ve chosen “Selected notes” at the top.

As soon as you click the “Transpose” button, we’ll change your music accordingly. You can always undo if you didn’t like the results.

I play a transposing instrument (such as a clarinet). Is this how I adjust concert-C music to fit my instrument?

You should first change your instrument settings to specify your instrument transposition. That’ll tell our system the correct offset for audio playback.

After you’ve done that, you can use the Transpose feature accordingly.

Why is the “Transpose” feature grayed out for me?

Make sure you’ve selected at least one note. If you have nothing selected, or you’ve only selected rests, the Transpose feature is disabled.