[Harp-L] Re: When Johnny Comes Marching Home

["Harmonicology [Neil Ashby]" <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why don't I just figure these things out first because I had not previously been transposing between G-minor and the Major scales; I had probably played "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" from some old tabs instead of the real sheet-music and the tabs were not correctly transposed (which seems to be quite common).

According to the actual sheet-music:

In G-Minor:

g  d  g  g  g  a  b  a  Bb,  g  f  f,  d  f  f.

In C-Major (Chromatically Transposed):

C  G  C  C  C  D  E  D  Eb[D#], C Bb[A#] Bb[A#], G Bb[A#] Bb[A#].

Yup, as Winslow has indicated, that is a rough transposition to C-Major.

/Neil (" http://thebuskingproject.com/busker/2025/ ")

On Monday, June 09, 2014 at 2:38 PM, "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>Neil -Â
>
>I'm aware of the difference between modal and literal 
>transposition.
>
>So, when you play When Johnny Comes Marching Home in first 
>position, what notes (breaths, holes, bends) do you play?
>
>Winslow
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>________________________________
> From: Harmonicology [Neil Ashby] <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
>Cc: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> 
>Sent: Monday, June 9, 2014 9:44 AM
>Subject: Re: When Johnny Comes Marching Home
> 
>
>I think that Winslow and I are referencing of two different types 
>of Transposition. From Wikipedia 
>(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpose_music):
>
>"Chromatic and scalar (diatonic) transposition:
>
>There are two different kinds of transposition, depending on 
>whether one is measuring intervals according to the chromatic 
>scale or some other scale. In chromatic transposition one shifts 
>every pitch in a collection of notes by a fixed number of 
>semitones. For instance, if one transposes the pitches C4-E4-G4 
>upwards by four semitones, one obtains the pitches E4-Gâ4-B4. In 
>scalar transposition one shifts every pitch in a collection by a 
>fixed number of scale steps relative to some scale. For example, 
>if one transposes the pitches C4-E4-G4 up by two steps relative to 
>the familiar C major scale, one obtains the pitches E4-G4-B4. If 
>one transposes the same pitches up by two steps relative to the F 
>major scale, one obtains instead E4-G4-Bâ4. Scalar transposition 
>is sometimes called diatonic transposition, but this term can be 
>misleading, as it suggests transposition with respect to a 
>diatonic scale. However, scalar transposition can occur with 
>respect to
> any type of scale, not
>Â just the diatonic."
>
>I was referencing of Chromatic transposition so the music would 
>sound the same at another pitch, but Winslow seems to be 
>referencing of Scalar (diatonic) transposition which would change 
>the sound of the music.
>
>
>
>
>/Neil (" http://thebuskingproject.com/busker/2025 ")