Mark Probert <m...@archsys.net> writes:
> Hi, again.
>
> The task I'm attempting is to create an equivalent of a fake book. I'm
> creating a tune in concert (C) and then collating it with other tunes
> using \bookpart. That works fine for the most part. The problem is when
> I want to have the fake book transposed (say for Ees). I end up with a
> structure like:
>
> %%%
> \include "tune_a.ily"
> \include "tune_b.ily"
>
> \book {
> \bookpart {
> \score {
> \transpose c a { \tune_a }
> }
> \bookpart {
> \score {
> \transpose c a { \tune_b }
> }
> % etc.
> }
> }
> %%--
>
> Which is a pain if I have a lot of tunes, I'm repeating this for each
> key (for jazz it is common to have C, Bes, and Ees versions) and a mess
> if I want to reorder tunes, make edits, and so on.
>
> Is there a better and cleaner way to approach this problem?
Well, disregarding "cleaner"...
untransposed-music-functions = #toplevel-music-functions
toplevel-music-functions =
#(cons #{ \transpose c a \etc #} untransposed-music-functions)
\score { { \key c \major c'4 e' g' c'' | c'1 } }
--
David Kastrup
