Hi There
I'm composing a score in Logic for orchestra. It's got four french horns. I've selected 'horn in f' staff style for them. My composer friend tells me that the notes should actually appear an octave higher than Logic is currently displaying them for them to sound in the proper register when played by live musicians.
Help!!!
many thanks
Grabbin'
french horns are transposed up a fifth, so the written notes are higher than the sounding notes. (e.g. player plays a C4, and you hear F3)
if they are written lower than sounding, yes, you need to transpose them an octave. could be that your reference pitch is C3 when it should be C4 or something like that.
stefan
french horns are transposed up a fifth, so the written notes are higher than the sounding notes. (e.g. player plays a C4, and you hear F3)
if they are written lower than sounding, yes, you need to transpose them an octave. could be that your reference pitch is C3 when it should be C4 or something like that.
stefan
Thanks Stefan
That helps. But why is Logic notating everything in the horns down an octave? All the other instruments are correctly notated. Can I change the reference pitch for just the horns? If so, how?
many thanks
Grabbin'
Hi
Have you checked that the transposition is correct in the "Horns in F" staff style (double click on the style selector to open it)?
CCT
OK! changed the transposition from +7 to +20 and it now reads properly!
Why dya think it was set at 7 if that gave an incorrect style?
Thank you CCT
I don't use Logic's scoring functions, but remember that there are so many places where sounds can be transposed. You can transpose the arrange track, the EXS plugin or whichever one you happen to use, even the original samples can be mapped to the wrong octave, your MIDI keyboard, the A3/A4 reference pitch....
Any of these and probably a few more can be responsible. I agree that it would feel a lot better if everything would appear in the expected octave, but if it doesn't and going up +20 does the trick, at least you have a practical workaround.
Stefan
Agreed. Thanks Stefan for all your help.
Horns in F?
