transposing music for another instrument

Ha, I feel so smug right now...I just sight read a piece of music for viola and, knowing that it's 1/4 lower than a violin, I transposed it for guitar as I went.

Sorry, but I had to share that...I'm sure I'll do something soon enough that will make me feel not so smart! :tongue:

 

I've transposed violin to bagpipes.

I really should get back to the pipes. I need an instrument back in my life.

 

Nope, you're an idiot...

the Viola is tuned a 5th below the Violin.

 

Wow, the difference between a fourth and a fifth makes someone an idiot, that's harsh man. What's the difference between a genius and a moron?

 

Go fuck yourself "jesus"

 

Aw, does being constipated make you cranky?

 

zombiewolf, man, you really get off on being an asshole, don't ya?

 

That's why republicans don't make very good musicians.lol Music is a "liberal" art.

 

What interval is "1/4"? Do you mean "a perfect fourth"? That would make sense, I guess, since guitars and viol-family instruments are spaced at perfect fourths, but, I believe (and correct me if I am wrong), violin-family instruments have string spacing of a perfect fifth.

It is a good exercise for getting your intervals in your head so that you know the result without having to think it out. After a little practice, you just can know what they are automatically.

 

In university i transposed a chopin mazurka for guitar... tarrega has many chopin transcritpions, too, as well as transcriptions for guitar of music by mozart, brahms, mendehlsson, beethoven, haydn, and verdi