Thanks everyone who replied. I understand the relationship between /transpose
and /transposition now. FYI the proper commands that produce the expected
outcome is:
/transpose f c' {
/transposition c {
}
}
Guy Stalnaker
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On Jan 30, 2013, at 12:32 AM, Wim van Dommelen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Guy,
>
> Your problem is that you did not specify the language, then it defaults to
> Dutch.
>
> I guess you want:
>
> \transpose bes, f { ... notes ... }
>
> but:
>
> \transpose f c' { }
>
> does the same, both move you up exactly one kwint/scale.
>
> Or:
>
> \language "english" % only once at the
> beginning of the file
> \transpose bf, f { ... notes ... }
>
> Mind the ' and , in these examples!!!!!
>
> Regards,
> Wim.
>
>
>
>
> On 30 Jan 2013, at 08:10 , Guy Stalnaker wrote:
>
>> I used to think I was smart :-\
>>
>> I'm arranging some church hymns for six-part instruments, Flute, 2 Violins,
>> 2 F Horns, 1 cello.
>>
>> Hymn is in F major. Arrangement is notated in LP in F major. How do I get
>> the Horn parts correctly engraved in the proper key? I have tried
>>
>> \transpose f c'
>>
>> and
>>
>> \transpose bf f'
>>
>> and
>>
>> \transpose c f
>>
>> and various other combinations. Reading the manual it looks like it should be
>>
>> \transpose bf f'
>>
>> But no matter what I select the midi output is horribly wrong. The midi
>> output is only correct if I comment out the \transpose directive. The midi
>> output clearly changes when I use the \transpose directive, so it seems as
>> if midi is being altered by using \transpose. Unfortunately it's being
>> altered incorrectly.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Guy
>>
>> --
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>> to set against hatred." (paraphrased) Ian McEwan
>>
>> Guy Stalnaker
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