2007-02-21 02:26:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Means that the original piece of music was produced for a particular instrument e.g. Gershwin for piano. When it is transcribed means that the musical notes were changed for another musical instrument, while still maintaining its original score.
2007-02-21 02:56:03 · answer #1 · answered by dawn c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Transcribing has the original meaning, in the case of music, of taking a compostion orignally for one instrument or group of instruments and making that composition playable for another instrument of set of instruments with as few changes to the original as possible.
That could mean that some chords are arranged in differnet order (Gershwin's piano piece uses notes that are not found on the guitar, for example) or that the key has been changed so the compostion can be sung by an alto rather than a soprano, or that the piece for strings in the key of E is lowered to the key of Eb so wind players will have an easier time of it.
Transcribing music may be a little like making a translation. If you want to get the full sense of the orginal text across to those who don't read the original language, you may need to use idomatic phrases of the language into which the text is being translated.
A Transcription is different than an arrangement where, in some cases, different chords are used, or where there may be slight alterations to the melody, meter, tempo and dynamics.
And both a transcription and an arrangement are different than a variation where the original harmonic / melodic/rhythmic language are used only as starting point for a compostion that may be 99% original and only loosely related to the original.
2007-02-21 04:49:48 · answer #2 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means it was written differently because of the limitations of an instrument. Gershwin's a pianist. A guitar does not have nearly the range of a piano, and can only hit 6 notes max at a time. Also, its much harder to have a bass line and melody running at the same time. If it was transcribed for guitar, then it was probably written to be easier for a guitarist, instead of trying to figure it out from piano music.
2007-02-21 11:30:02 · answer #3 · answered by pish_01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That means that the work was originally intended by the composer for a specific instrument, but someone has written the notes out for a different instrument, often in a different key and range.
2007-02-21 09:24:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Transcription can mean two things.
1. Originally written in a different key, and put into a different one
2. Originally written for a different instrument or voice and changed to the one you're viewing right now.
2007-02-21 02:45:04 · answer #5 · answered by scriptorcarmina 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not "transcribed", it's "transposed"...a common mistake. Transposition is the changing of a piece from one piece to another by changing its key. For example: piano is a concert instrument, so if you were to play Concerto in Eb, it would actually be in Eb. Alto sax is an Eb instrument, so you'd have to transpose in order to play the piece in the right key.
Concert Bb major scale for piano is Bb major. For alto sax, you transpose up a fifth, so alto sax will play a G major scale.
Therefore, if alto sax were to play Concerto in Eb, they would be playing in the key of C after transposition.
Does this help? I hope so.
2007-02-21 14:25:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That means it was written for another instrument, probably piano, and the notes were converted by someone else.
2007-02-21 02:30:53 · answer #7 · answered by trai 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋