>> The pitch to use for \transposition should correspond to the real
>> sound heard when a c' written on the staff is played by the
>> transposing instrument. This pitch is entered in absolute mode, so an
>> instrument that produces a real sound which is one tone higher than
>> the printed music should use \transposition d'.  \transposition should
>> only be used if the pitches are not being entered in concert pitch.
> 
> After using \transpose, they are not in concert pitch.
> 
>>> BTW, it could be better named as something like
>>>> \transposingInstrument, it seems.
>>> 
>>> Why?
>> 
>> Would be more explicit: transposition can be understood as the act of
>> transposing,
> 
> "transposition" is not a verb.  And it describes the relation between
> printed pitch and Midi pitch without necessarily referring to an
> instrument.

That wasn’t clear to me from the doc.

>        \context Voice = "Part_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One" <<
>         \transposition a
>          \transpose a c' % <<<<<<========= HERE
>          \Part_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One

Thanks David, that solves my problem!

JM

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