Joseph Rushton Wakeling <joseph.wakel...@webdrake.net> writes: > On 02/12/2013 03:05 AM, David Kastrup wrote: >> The advantage LilyPond has over the hand engraver is that it does not >> need to say "I don't make mistakes". The hand engraver puts down the >> staff lines, and short of throwing the plate(s) away and starting over, >> the layout has to fit those lines, and the page breaks have to match >> those bars in eternity. And "give me that transposed for Bb" is an >> inexpensive option, as well as "can you play that for me?". > > That's something of a dangerous assumption. Consider this little > snippet, where a trill-with-accidental is included according to the > instructions on articulations and ornamentations: > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-attached-to-notes#articulations-and-ornamentations > > { > \once \override Script #'script-priority = #-100 > a'\trill^\markup{ \flat } > } > > i.e. an A trilling with B flat. Now compare what comes out of a > transposition to the key of B flat: > > { > \transpose bes c' { > \once \override Script #'script-priority = #-100 > a'\trill^\markup{ \flat } > } > }
Looks we are missing the proper command for this. With \pitchedTrill, transposition works. > This is a general problem of most computer notation programs, not just > Lilypond -- friends who work extensively on film/TV scores or who do > regular workshops with composition students in music colleges > encounter these sorts of issues all the time. As long as we provide a _proper_ command for that _and_ the user learns them and does not put the names/notes/accidentals manually, things should work fine. > The other very typical one is seeing things like F-flats and B-sharps > scattered throughout an atonal score, because the automated > transposition rules assume tonal music. You can write a pitch-normalizer for that purpose. Not sure whether we might not already have something like that. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
