Wols Lists, May 24, 2024 at 18:28: > I do a lot of brass stuff. And as you've realised, it's \transpose not > \transposition. > > I just think "\transpose for printed music, \transposition for midi". > How accurate that is I don't know. > > The other trick I always use (given that a trombone plays both bass clef > in C, and treble clef in Bb, and worse when you get an American bass > part in Bb ?!?!?!), is I transpose on input as well as output. > > When copying a part IN to lilypond, I'll wrap it in "\transpose c c" or > "\transpose bf c'" depending on whether it's a bass or treble part. So I > know all my music fragments in lilypond are in C. > > Then I'll wrap them the other way on output to put them in the correct > printed pitch. That way I never have to transpose in my head to make > sure things are correct. > > Cheers, > Wol
Sounds like a very good workflow! Will adopt this if/when I ever get into a similar situation. I play trumpet myself, but I hardly ever have to write for it :-) However, things can rapidly change... Best, Kenneth
