>John Chambers wrote-
>
> >This comes out on screen and paper just right, with the clarinet part
> >in C and the string parts in A. So I feed it to an ABC player, and I
> >get cacophony. I need to explain to it that voice 1 sounds a minor
> >third higher than the default A=440. Saying C=440 is so obvious that
> >it seems hardly worth mentioning.
>
>and Phil Taylor followed up with-
>
> >As far as I'm concerned "transposeplay= +3" means quite
> >obviously that the music is to be played three semitones higher
> >than written. "C = 440" is much less obvious.
>
>You both seem to have made the same mistake: An A clarinet plays a
>minor third *lower* than written, not higher. Middle C is about
>524 beats/sec, so "C = 440" would likewise bring the pitch *down*
>a minor third.
>
>It's an easy sort of mistake to make, and abc is full of
>opportunities to make them. Sort of like voting in Palm Beach
>County.
>
Ho Ho! My point precisely!
Phil Taylor
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