Ok, so in this case this thing is in g. so if I write something like \key g \major [g fis e d | } How would that look transposed to the horn in f? besides the key being a forth higher then what I'm actually hearing. I think. I'm trying to remember my theory classes from years ago lol!
Take care. On Apr 28, 2013, at 12:39 PM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > Daniel Rosen <[email protected]> writes: > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: David Kastrup [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 2:46 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: change of plans for this final project >>> >>> \transposition gives the relation between audible and visible pitch. >>> >>> If you want to enter stuff in true pitch, you can transpose it down >>> visually by >>> using \transpose. So if you write something like >>> >>> \new Staff { >>> \transposition bes >>> \transpose bes c' { bes ces' des' es' } } >>> >>> then what you write inside of the \transpose command is transposed one >>> note up visually, but the bes that looks like c' after the >>> transposition sounds >>> like bes still. >>> >>> -- >>> David Kastrup >>> >>> >> >> David, this is something that I've come across in the past that has >> confused me as well. > > You snipped from my reply the following important information: > >>> Before version 2.17.13, you want to avoid having \transposition >>> inside of \transpose because its behavior is somewhat strange. > > Keep that in mind, and keep \transposition out of \transpose. Or the > result will confuse you... > >> Can you explain in greater detail exactly what the difference is >> between \transpose and \transposition, and why there are two separate >> commands? > > Because they do entirely different things. \transposition does not > change the visible score, it only makes a difference regarding what you > hear. > > \transpose changes both visible and audible notes by the same amount. > > At any rate, the documentation is pretty good by now, so try > <URL:http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches#instrument-transpositions> > > -- > David Kastrup > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
