Help, how to say this in English

[suntong]

Hi @ssb22, sorry to bother you with a simple English question --

I want to change a song from F调 to D调.
How to say it in English pls?

I've gathered and referred to the following,

• https://github.com/jianpu-ly/jianpu-ly/wiki/Ref:-中英文对照版基础乐理知识
• https://github.com/jianpu-ly/jianpu-ly/wiki/Ref:-音乐术语英文名称汇总（一）

etc, yet I'm still not sure how to express the idea in English.

So, to change a song from x调 to y调, what are the different ways to express it in English pls? Like,

• This song's 调 is F调.
• I want to change a song's ??? from F调 to D调.
• a song was originally sang in F调, I want to change it to a different 调, like D#调,

I'm writing a tool to do that, ref https://github.com/suntong/ffcvt/issues/30

but I don't know how to write the online help for it. thx.

[ssb22]

动词是transpose（变调） and there's a Lilypond command \transpose to do it in 五线谱 (jianpu-ly actually uses \transpose anyway if you don't use 1=C)

[suntong]

Thanks @ssb22,

This question actually has nothing to do with jianpu or Lilypond. I'm just using this channel to ask you an irrelevant question --

I'm writing a tool to do transposing, and I want to describe such action in English.

How would you say the following in English please?

• This song's 调 is F调.
• I want to change a song's ??? from F调 to D调.
• a song was originally sang in F调, I want to change it to a different 调, like D#调,

[suntong]

NVM. I think I got it. Thanks to your answer of "动词是transpose（变调）"