Wol, The bit about trombones in bass and Bb treble; I've only ever heard of Bb treble clef trombone in British brass band music. What is the "American bass part" in Bb? I've never heard of such a thing. I know that Richard Strauß wrote tenor tuba parts in Bb bass clef.
-David > From: "Wols Lists" <antli...@youngman.org.uk> > To: "Lillypond Users Mailing List" <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 3:28:16 PM > Subject: Re: How to transpose? > On 23/05/2024 12:26, Kenneth Flak wrote: > > Great, thanks to both of you! Very clarifying. \transposition is, thus, > > going in the direction of instrument -> playback, whereas \transpose > > goes in the opposite direction, if I understand it correctly. > 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
