> >The only music I'd really hesitate to > >transpose are opera arias. > > Why would you hesitate to transpose them?
Because operas are (usually) continuous musical entities, and transposing one aria would disrupt the key structure. This wouldn't be an issue for most musicals, where there are long bits of speech between songs so key changes wouldn't be noticeable (for most of us :o).
I'm sure other people could jump in here with thoughts on sticking to the composer's intention (would Dalila be as sultry sung a third higher, for example?), but since I transpose everything else when it suits my voice I can't really use that justification.
Jennifer
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