Hi Seth,
I downloaded the archive and tried what I think you want to do. You
want the whole thing transposed to F minor, right?
Ok, first I ran "convert-ly" on all of the files to update the syntax to
version 2.11.62 of Lilypond. You may or may not really need to do this.
If the files compiled successfully without converting to the latest
syntax, then you can probably skip this step. On Linux you can convert
the syntax in place by navigating to the right directory and doing
"convert-ly -e *.ly". Check the documentation for how to do it on other
platforms. If you're running the stable 2.10.33 version, then it will
convert to the syntax for that version.
Before transposing, I ran the file to see if it would compile, and
although there were a number of errors and warnings reported, it
compiled successfully and showed a pdf score when finished. So then I
put the transposition command "\transpose h f' { \...} in the score
block for each movement inside the score.ly file, and it seems to have
worked. It might need some adjustments for it to be usable
musically--clef changes and such in the keyboard part because everything
is a fifth higher--but it compiled and all the music is there in the key
of F minor. If you wanted it to go down a fourth instead of up a fifth
like I did it, then changed where I typed "h f'" to "h f". I've
attached the transposed score file for you to see where I added all of
the \transpose commands. You should be able to compile the piece by
putting this file in the right directory and compiling using this file
instead of the original score.ly. When you want to print the transposed
flute part, add the same \transpose commands to each movement's \score
block in the flute_part.ly file.
If you're using 2.10.33 and you get an error reported because your
version is too old, try simply changing the version statement in the
score-transposed.ly file to 2.10.33.
Good luck,
Jon
Seth Merkley wrote:
I've recently been trying to transpose a piece of music I got from mutopia
here:
http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=645
http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=645
I don't know how to write lilypond files, but I did read a little bit on the
basics and I do understand the basics of other languages such as C. Also,
the files are in German, so that probably adds to my confusion.
Anyway, I was able to transpose the first movement of the flute part by
adding "\transpose h' f' { \fluteA }" (h = b in German, this took me awhlile
to figure out) to the bottom of the "flute_1.ly" file and compiling the
"flute_part.ly" file. I realize there's probably a more correct way to do
this, but again I don't understand entirely how lilypond files work...
Later I tried to transpose the first movement of the accompaniment, by
adding "\transpose h' f' { \clavecinA }" to the end of the clave_1.ly file
and compiling the score.ly file. Usually, the score.pdf contains both the
flute and accompaniment on a three-bar staff, but after transposing both
fluteA and clavecinA the score.pdf had the flute part of the whole first
movement, and then just the accompaniment of the whole first movement
separately. The other two movements that I didn't transpose were in a
three-bar staff like usual. Also, the midi file that was created is
unreadable by my player.
If someone could download the music and help me out here I would greatly
appreciate it.
--
Jonathan Kulp
http://www.jonathankulp.com
\version "2.11.62"
\include "deutsch.ly"
\include "global.ly"
\include "triolen.ly"
\include "header.ly"
%% ignore line and page breaks for flute part in score
neueZeile = { }
neueSeite = { }
#(set-default-paper-size "a4")
#(set-global-staff-size 18)
\include "flute_1.ly"
\include "clavecin_1.ly"
\include "flute_2.ly"
\include "clavecin_2.ly"
\include "flute_3.ly"
\include "clavecin_3.ly"
\include "metronom_3.ly"
%1st movement (Andante, layout and midi)
\score {
\header {
piece = "Andante"
}
\context StaffGroup = "sonataA" <<
\context Staff = "flute" {
\set Staff.fontSize = #-2
\transpose h f' { \fluteA }
}
\transpose h f' { \clavecinA }
>>
\layout {
indent = 0.6\cm
}
\midi {
\context {
\Score
tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 68 4)
}
}
}
%2nd movement (Largo e dolce, layout only)
\score {
\header {
piece = "Largo e dolce"
}
\context StaffGroup = "sonataB" <<
\context Staff = "flute" {
\set Staff.fontSize = #-2
\transpose h f' { \fluteBforScore }
}
\transpose h f' { \clavecinB }
>>
\layout {
indent = 0.6\cm
}
}
%2nd movement (Largo e dolce, midi only)
\score {
\unfoldRepeats {
\context StaffGroup = "sonataB" <<
\context Staff = "flute" {
\transpose h f' { \fluteBforScore }
}
\transpose h f' { \clavecinB }
>>
}
\midi {
\context {
\Score
tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 60 8)
}
}
}
%}
%3rd movement (Presto, layout only)
\score {
\header {
piece = "Presto"
}
\context StaffGroup = "sonataC" <<
\context Staff = "flute" {
\set Staff.fontSize = #-2
\transpose h f' { \fluteC }
}
\transpose h f' { \clavecinC }
>>
\layout {
indent = 0.6\cm
}
}
%3rd movement (Presto, midi only)
\score {
\header {
piece = "Presto"
}
\unfoldRepeats {
\context StaffGroup = "sonataC" <<
\context Staff = "metronom" { \metronomC }
\context Staff = "flute" { \fluteC }
\clavecinC
>>
}
\midi {
\context {
\Score
tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 104 2)
}
}
}
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