On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 7:57 AM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:

> Flaming Hakama by Elaine <ela...@flaminghakama.com> writes:
>
> > David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> writes:
> >
> >> Flaming Hakama by Elaine <ela...@flaminghakama.com> writes:
> >>
> >>> And the behavior of \relative that is weirdest:
> >>>
> >>>     * The octave of \relative is lowered when used with bass clef.
> >>>
> >>> The fix for the clef issue is to use a \transpose when you use it
> >>> with bass clef.
> >>
> >> That one is nonsense.  \relative does not interact in any way with the
> >> bass clef.
> >
> >> Best guess: choral music with tenor (injudiciously) written in \clef
> >> "treble" rather than \clef "treble_8" confused your sense of octave.
> >
> >
> > Actually, I think it had to do with midi output for bass clarinet.   The
> > sample I used was not transposed the octave, and I had to compensate by
> > transposing the music down.
>
> According to Wikipedia, bass clarinet is written in treble clef but
> played one octave lower than written (after subtracting the usual B♭
> transposition).  So, uh, I have no idea?
>
> --
> David Kastrup
>


Correct, I'd entered the music in the printed octave,
and wanted to hear it in the sounding octave.


Elaine
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