In message <4962c587.20...@wiegand.org>, chip <c...@wiegand.org> writes
% ------ Trombone Bass Clef------
tbonea = {
% Notes here -----
a b c d
}
trombonea = \relative c {
\global
\set Staff.instrumentName = #"Trombone 1"
\set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Tbn 1"
\clef bass
<< \tbonea >>
}
% ------ Trombone Treble Clef------
tboneb= {
% Notes here -----
a b c d
}
tromboneb = \transpose c d \relative c' {
\global
\set Staff.instrumentName = #"Trombone 2"
\set Staff.shortInstrumentName = #"Tbn 2"
\clef treble
<< \tboneb >>
}
It's true for all the other instruments as well ... but as a trombonist
I've picked that part ...
Firstly it's normal when transposing to put the instrument's pitch in
the name - so it should be "2nd Bb Trombone" and "1st Trombone". There's
a very good reason for that - my fellow first trombone might pick up the
music, think "good, there's a treble part" and play it - a fourth too
high! (He's got an alto - Eb - trombone).
And the same thing holds true - even more so - for the trumpet group.
While I'm only aware of a flugel being in Bb, cornets come in at least
Bb and Eb, and trumpets come in Bb, C, D, Eb and maybe more!
Secondly (and this is a matter of lilypond style, nothing else) I would
not say "\transpose c d" but "\transpose bf c". Brass instrument
transposition is always described as "read C, play X" where X is the
instrument's "natural", or open, harmonic. In other words, "\transpose
bf c" says "take an instrument that naturally plays Bf (think bugle) and
write it in the scale of C" (same thing with the natural horn - plays F,
written as C).
Oh - by the way - NEVER call the "trombone in bass clef" a C trombone.
IT ISN'T. It's a "Bb trombone in C", but you don't bother with either
note. The note in front of the name specifies the "natural pitch" of the
instrument. The note after specifies the transposition which should
either be the same (in which case you don't bother with it), or C in
which case you don't bother with either note because you can't guarantee
what the "natural pitch" is of the instrument that will play it (in the
case of the trombone it would normally be Bf, but might be G or Ef too).
Cheers,
Wol
--
Anthony W. Youngman - anth...@thewolery.demon.co.uk
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