Re: Transpose from major to minor key

2024-01-12 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser via LilyPond user discussion
Hi Matthew, Am 12.01.24 um 00:29 schrieb msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca: You need to remember lilypond thinks in terms of pitch, not note names. Unlike some (most?) other music software. So "\transpose g e" says "transpose EVERY note up A TONE". I'm not sure it's quite right to say that Lilypond

Re: Transpose from major to minor key

2024-01-11 Thread mskala
On Thu, 11 Jan 2024, Wol wrote: > You need to remember lilypond thinks in terms of pitch, not note names. Unlike > some (most?) other music software. So "\transpose g e" says "transpose EVERY > note up A TONE". I'm not sure it's quite right to say that Lilypond thinks in terms of pitch, not note

Re: Transpose from major to minor key

2024-01-11 Thread Wol
On 10/01/2024 21:26, Butter Cream wrote: Hi, I have a piece of music written in the key of G major and I want the pitches to transpose to e minor. How do I do this. When I use the command \transpose g e it changes to E major (all g notes are sharped) You need to remember lilypond thinks in

Re: Transpose from major to minor key

2024-01-10 Thread Aaron Hill via LilyPond user discussion
On 2024-01-10 6:30 pm, Freeman Gilmore wrote: Aaron Does LP have that?That would be a trick for modes other than between major and minor and that may not work well. Thank you, ƒg Sorry for not linking the docs directly.

Re: Transpose from major to minor key

2024-01-10 Thread Aaron Hill via LilyPond user discussion
On 2024-01-10 1:26 pm, Butter Cream wrote: Hi, I have a piece of music written in the key of G major and I want the pitches to transpose to e minor. How do I do this. When I use the command \transpose g e it changes to E major (all g notes are sharped) I think you'll need to use