On Apr 29, 2013, at 1:38 AM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > Daniel Rosen <[email protected]> writes: > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: David Kastrup [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 3:39 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: change of plans for this final project >>> >>> >>>> 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. >> >> Are you referring to MIDI output? > > That's what you hear, yes. It's the main effect of \transposition. > There is another actually visible effect _elsewhere_: when you quote an > instrument (like with a cue voice), it will appear adjusted for the > respective settings of \transposition. > > Have you actually bothered to look at the manual page I linked to? It > is explained thoroughly and with examples. > > -- > David Kastrup > > > I have, but the entire concept of instrument transposition is sort of confusing to me in the first place, as a singer and pianist. If I had my way, the entire world of musicians would pick a day where everyone switched to C-scores and instruments at the same time, like when the UK went metric literally overnight. :-P I'll give it another look when I have more time; thanks for your help.
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