On 10/03/2024 01:14, TJ Kolev wrote:
Thank you all for your suggestions and time. I ended up using \transpose
which was the easiest for me to understand, and worked great it seems.
Cheers!
tjk :)
And I learned something new w.r.t \quote* operators, which I did not
know existed.
On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 1:21 AM Paul Scott <waterhorsemu...@aol.com
<mailto:waterhorsemu...@aol.com>> wrote:
On 3/8/24 4:46 PM, TJ Kolev 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 played piano, so I can read notes. But these crazy pitched
brass
> instruments are an intimidating concept... :-/
>
> Below is the initial part of the score for the E flat french horn.
> Seems rather big for a small example, but I'd rather have a bit more
> context.
>
> Thank you!
> TJ Kolev :)
>
> ======================================================
>
> \version "2.24.0"
>
> trl = \tuplet 3/2 \etc
>
> rpt = #(define-music-function (cnt snip) (integer? ly:music?)
> #{
> { \repeat unfold $cnt $snip }
> #}
> )
>
> frhornInIIA = {
> \sectionLabel "Intro"
> \key f \major
> | \trl {a'8( bes a)} g r | \trl {g( a g)} f[ r16 e] | g8 r f[
r16 e]
> | d8 r r4 \break
>
> \sectionLabel "Part A"
> \repeat volta 2 {
> | \rpt 4 { r8 <d a'>[ r <d a'>] } \break
> | \rpt 2 { r8 <d bes'>[ r <d bes'>] } | r <d a'>4.:8 | <d
> a'>2:8^"...." \break
> | \rpt 4 { r8 <cis a'>[ r <cis a'>] } \break
> | \rpt 2 { r8 <cis a'>[ r <cis a'>] } | r8 <d a'>4.:8 | <d
> a'>2:8^"...." \break
> | \rpt 4 { r8 <d a'>[ r <d a'>] } \break
> | \rpt 2 { r8 <d bes'>[ r <d bes'>] } | r <d a'>4.:8 | <d
> a'>2:8^"...." \break
> | \rpt 2 { r8 <d a'>[ r <d a'>] } | r8 <d bes'>[ r <d bes'>]
| r8
> <d bes'>4.:8 \break
> | r8 <cis a'>[ r <cis a'>] | r8 <cis a'>[ r <d a'>] | r8 <cis
a'>[
> r <cis a'>]
> }
> \alternative {
> { <d a'> r r4 \break }
> { <d a'>8 r <cis a'>4 }
> }
> } % A part
>
>
> frhornIIInIVA = {
> \sectionLabel "Intro"
> \key f \major
> | \trl {a'8( bes a)} g r | \trl {g( a g)} f[ r16 e] | g8 r f[
r16 e]
> | d8 r r4 \break
>
> \sectionLabel "Part A"
> \repeat volta 2 {
> | \rpt 4 { r8 <f a,>[ r <f a,>] } \break
> | \rpt 2 { r8 <g bes,>[ r <g bes,>] } | r <f a,>4.:8 | <f
> a,>2:8^"...." \break
> | \rpt 4 { r8 <g a,>[ r <g a,>] } \break
> | \rpt 2 { r8 <g a,>[ r <g a,>] } | r8 <f a,>4.:8 | <f
> a,>2:8^"...." \break
> | \rpt 4 { r8 <f a,>[ r <f a,>] } \break
> | \rpt 2 { r8 <g bes,>[ r <g bes,>] } | r <f a,>4.:8 | <f
> a,>2:8^"...." \break
> | \rpt 2 { r8 <f a,>[ r <f a,>] } | r8 <g bes,>[ r <g bes,>]
| r8
> <g bes,>4.:8 \break
> | r8 <g a,>[ r <g a,>] | r8 <g a,>[ r <f a,>] | r8 <g a,>[ r
<g a,>]
> }
> \alternative {
> { <f a,> r r4 \break }
> { <f a,>8 r <g a,>4 }
> }
> } % A part
>
>
> frhornInIINotes = {
> \time 2/4
> \relative c' {
> \frhornInIIA %{
> \frhornInIIB
> \frhornInIIC
> \frhornInIID
> \frhornInIIE
> \frhornInIIF %}
> }
> }
>
>
> frhornIIInIVNotes = {
> \time 2/4
> \relative c' {
> \frhornIIInIVA %{
> \frhornIIInIVB
> \frhornIIInIVC
> \frhornIIInIVD
> \frhornIIInIVE
> \frhornIIInIVF %}
> }
> }
>
> sgFrenchHorn = \new StaffGroup <<
> \new Staff \with {
> instrumentName = \markup { \column { \line { French Horn E\flat}
> \line {"I & II"} } }
> shortInstrumentName = \markup \teeny { \column { \line {"fhorn"}
> \line {"I,II"} } }
> }
> \frhornInIINotes
>
> \new Staff \with {
> instrumentName = \markup { \column { \line { French Horn E\flat}
> \line {"III & IV"} } }
> shortInstrumentName = \markup \teeny { \column { \line {"fhorn"}
> \line {"III,IV"} } }
> }
> \frhornIIInIVNotes
> >>
>
> \score {
> \sgFrenchHorn
> }
>
My go to is \quoteDuring:
%{ Transposing Eb horn music %}
\version "2.25.13"
\include "english.ly <http://english.ly>"
EfHornNotes = \fixed c' { % or \relative or \absolute
\set Score.quotedCueEventTypes = #'(
note-event rest-event tie-event beam-event tuplet-span-event
`dynamic-event slur-event articulation-event span-dynamic-event
)
\transposition ef
\time 2/4
a4( b) c( d) e( f g2)
}
\addQuote qef \EfHornNotes
FHornNotes = \fixed c' {
\transposition f
\time 2/4
\quoteDuring qef s2*4
}
\score{ \new Staff \new Voice \FHornNotes }
HTH,
Paul
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