Notation in Soprano Clef
Hello all, A C.P.E. Bach Piano sonata has the upper staff written with the soprano clef. My skill at reading music in soprano clef is minimal. So I am attempting a translation to treble clef. Does Lilypond have means to assist in this task? Thank you, Mark soprano.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document \version "2.19.83" \relative c'' { \key ees \major \time 3/4 \clef soprano <<{ees4 bes4. r16 g | aes8. bes32 c bes8 [r16 g'] g4}\\ {g,4 g4. r16 ees | f4 g8 [r16 bes] bes4}>> | } \relative c'' { \key ees \major \time 3/4 \clef treble <<{ees4 bes4. r16 g | aes8. bes32 c bes8 [r16 g'] g4}\\ {g,4 g4. r16 ees | f4 g8 [r16 bes] bes4}>> | }
Re: Notation in Soprano Clef
"Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > Hello all, > > > > A C.P.E. Bach Piano sonata has the upper staff written with the soprano > clef. > > My skill at reading music in soprano clef is minimal. So I am attempting a > translation to treble clef. > > Does Lilypond have means to assist in this task? LilyPond note entry names notes by pitch, not position in system. You can, after entering, view in soprano clef whether your entry matches the source visually. You can also figure out where the semitones in staff end up given the key, figure out a suitable key that would have those semitone positions if the clef were actually the treble clef, and then enter in that key, pretending that it were in treble clef. Afterwards you use Frescobaldi's transpose function to transpose your input to the actual original key, proofread with soprano clef and finally reprint with treble clef. -- David Kastrup
Re: Notation in Soprano Clef
"Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > Hello all, > > > > A C.P.E. Bach Piano sonata has the upper staff written with the soprano > clef. > > My skill at reading music in soprano clef is minimal. So I am attempting a > translation to treble clef. > > Does Lilypond have means to assist in this task? I see you included examples. Well, you can just remove one staff line at the bottom and put it at the top, and then you are in treble clef. If that's too hard, it would appear like it's written in C Minor (or parallel), so the half-steps in staff are G-A♭ and D-E♭ which look like B-C and F♯-G, so pretend that this is really written in E Minor in treble clef and afterwards use Frescobaldi's transpose function to get it from E down to C. It's a similar operation as transcribing something from treble clef to bass clef. -- David Kastrup
RE: Notation in Soprano Clef
David Kastrup, Thank you for your kind attention to my request. I shall attempt both of your procedures. Mark -Original Message- From: David Kastrup [mailto:d...@gnu.org] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2019 4:33 PM To: Mark Stephen Mrotek Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Notation in Soprano Clef "Mark Stephen Mrotek" writes: > Hello all, > > > > A C.P.E. Bach Piano sonata has the upper staff written with the > soprano clef. > > My skill at reading music in soprano clef is minimal. So I am > attempting a translation to treble clef. > > Does Lilypond have means to assist in this task? I see you included examples. Well, you can just remove one staff line at the bottom and put it at the top, and then you are in treble clef. If that's too hard, it would appear like it's written in C Minor (or parallel), so the half-steps in staff are G-A♭ and D-E♭ which look like B-C and F♯-G, so pretend that this is really written in E Minor in treble clef and afterwards use Frescobaldi's transpose function to get it from E down to C. It's a similar operation as transcribing something from treble clef to bass clef. -- David Kastrup
Re: Notation in Soprano Clef
Am 02.11.19 um 00:19 schrieb David Kastrup: Afterwards you use Frescobaldi's transpose function to transpose your input to the actual original key, proofread with soprano clef and finally reprint with treble clef. Even better: Frescobaldi does modal transpose too so you just can input notes as you would read them in treble clef and then apply a modal transpose.
Re: Notation in Soprano Clef
Malte Meyn writes: > Am 02.11.19 um 00:19 schrieb David Kastrup: >> Afterwards you use Frescobaldi's transpose function to transpose your >> input to the actual original key, proofread with soprano clef and >> finally reprint with treble clef. >> > > Even better: Frescobaldi does modal transpose too so you just can > input notes as you would read them in treble clef and then apply a > modal transpose. That does not work as soon as accidentals come into play. -- David Kastrup