I use the transpose function just before rendering stuff. Here's a typical file that should demonstrate what I do. The \book sections at the bottom are where the transpose is done, while the Melody variable contains the music. If I have chords, I'll use the \transpose function in the same way.
EverydayPeople-Ab.ly <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g62KxD7DZoFKpXtjesnYNgFYR_3_u3jl/view?usp=drive_web> On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 7:24 PM Knute Snortum <ksnor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 3:49 PM TJ Kolev <tjko...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Greetings! >> >> So I've been notating a piece for my son's school band (junior high). >> Copying the music from paper into LilyPond using Frescobaldi. And now I hit >> a wall. The music piece is written for french horns in E flat pitch. But >> the band's horns are in F pitch. I need to transpose the score >> appropriately. The band director expects staff with three flats (E flat >> major). I hope there's some easier way to do this than me manually >> re-writing the score. And I am not even sure how to do that. I would >> appreciate any help. >> > > I've never used it myself, but there is a whole section on transposing > music in the manual: > > > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches#instrument-transpositions > > > -- > Knute Snortum > > > > -- *Jeff Kopmanis* Medium: https://kopmanis.medium.com GLAAC: https://www.glaac.org/ University Lowbrow Astronomers: http://umich.edu/~lowbrows Orange Can Astronomy: https://www.facebook.com/orangecanastronomy/ ** Go Green and leave this email on the Screen! **
