Transposing transposing instruments?

2024-01-23 Thread YTG 1234
I need to set some Clarinet in A parts (including quotes) for B♭ Clarinet players. My current attempt: %%% clI = { \transposition a \key c \major c'4 d' e' } % Copied from the original parts \addQuote "clI" \clI clII = { \transposition a \key c \major \quoteDuring "clI" s4 b4 c' } <<     \ne

Re: Transposing instruments

2020-03-13 Thread Francisco Vila
El 14/3/20 a las 0:18, antlists escribió: On 13/03/2020 11:29, Francisco Vila wrote: So my question for Kieren is, for large scores involving transposing wind instruments along with strings etc, how do you manage this by using only clefs and no transposition? This is a double question, seein

Re: Transposing instruments

2020-03-13 Thread antlists
On 13/03/2020 11:29, Francisco Vila wrote: So my question for Kieren is, for large scores involving transposing wind instruments along with strings etc, how do you manage this by using only clefs and no transposition? This is a double question, seeing as wind instruments rarely transpose by

Re: Transposing instruments

2020-03-13 Thread Francisco Vila
El 15/2/20 a las 18:10, Kieren MacMillan escribió: Hi Pierre-Luc, I now feel a weight have been lifted from my shoulders. Well, I hope we don’t hear from you years from now saying “For what it's worth, I wish somebody would have told me earlier that I should use clefs rather than transpositi

Transposing instruments

2020-02-15 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Pierre-Luc, > I now feel a weight have been lifted from my shoulders. Well, I hope we don’t hear from you years from now saying “For what it's worth, I wish somebody would have told me earlier that I should use clefs rather than transpositions.” LOL Cheers, Kieren. _

Transposing instruments

2020-02-15 Thread Pierre-Luc Gauthier
Hello again Kieren, Sort of a pedantic conversation here but anyway, the way I manage transposition is : I write music somewhere : piccolo = { c'''4 } clarinet = { c''4 } violin = { c'' } guitar = { e, } bass = { e,, } \addQuote "x" \x Then I define the parts : piccoloPart = \transpose c' c {

Re: Something wrong with transposing instruments?

2015-04-19 Thread Gilles
Hello. On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 10:00:46 -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Gilles, [...] Another thing: For me, also the implementation of transposing instruments is less than ideal (I prefer to write the pitches in concert pitch and have them transposed for the parts, rather than the other way

Re: Something wrong with transposing instruments? (Was: Re: Survey: Large scores)

2015-04-19 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Gilles, >> [...] >> >> Another thing: For me, also the implementation of transposing >> instruments is less than ideal (I prefer to write the pitches in >> concert pitch and have them transposed for the parts, rather than the >> other way around

Something wrong with transposing instruments? (Was: Re: Survey: Large scores)

2015-04-19 Thread Gilles
Hi. [Sorry for the thread hijacking.] [...] Another thing: For me, also the implementation of transposing instruments is less than ideal (I prefer to write the pitches in concert pitch and have them transposed for the parts, rather than the other way around, as it is implemented at the moment

Re: Contents of Lilypond-user Digest 138:76, Transposing instruments

2014-05-15 Thread Dennis Clason
Folks, every discourse community has implicit assumptions, and the music community is no different both in its jargon and in its score conventions. Guitar transposes down the octave unless the score states otherwise. Contrabass and contrabassoon sound an octave lower than written. Piccolos s

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-15 Thread Paul Morris
than "music-concert-pitch" to me. Although I see in the readme file that you are rethinking things, so maybe this is a moot point. Cheers, -Paul -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Transposing-instruments-in-orchestra-score-tp162176

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-12 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
Hello, I added a snippet to open-lily-lib: https://github.com/openlilylib/snippets/tree/master/editorial-tools/auto-transpose README follows. Best, Jan-Peter ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-12 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
Hi again, I didn't actually tell what the engraver is actually for: The "autoTranspose"-engraver transposes music automatically, if there are three context-properties set: * instrumentTransposition is the pitch, which is set by \transposition * music-concert-pitch tells whether the music in this c

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-12 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
Hi there, ... now, who's late ;) I read a few of the messages regarding the given subject. I don't have a once-and-for-all-solution, but I want bring in another scheme-engraver: It uses context-properties 'instrumentTransposition, (newly defined) 'music-concert-pitch' and 'print-concert-pitch'.

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-11 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Hi David, sounds like a deal. Let me know when you're able to work on it and maybe also the amount of sponsoring you'll need... Yours, Orm Am Samstag, den 10. Mai 2014 um 15:21:40 Uhr (+0200) schrieb David Kastrup: > > I'm thinking about it, but no timeline. > > Basically, it requires reworki

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-10 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > You have to put the key information redundantly in each instrumentalist’s > music. > > A better [i.e, more maintainable and “object-oriented”] approach is this: > > global = { > \key a \minor s1*8 > \key e \minor s1*4 > \key c \major s1*10 > } > > and then in bot

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-10 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hi all, > >> I'd be very willing to sponsor this, if there is a feasible solution >> within a reasonable amount of time. > > I paid Han-Wen to upgrade switchInstrument four or five years ago — > I’m happy to sponsor more improvements! I'm thinking about it, but no time

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-10 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, > I'd be very willing to sponsor this, if there is a feasible solution > within a reasonable amount of time. I paid Han-Wen to upgrade switchInstrument four or five years ago — I’m happy to sponsor more improvements! Best, Kieren. — Kieren MacMillan, composer www:

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-10 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Hi List, glad I'm not the only one with this use case! As I understand the situation it is a non-trivial matter to get properly implemented. My offer to sponsor this still holds (especially if it gets done in the next two months) but it seems no one with the necessary skills will implement it, s

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-09 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, > I am curious as to what are the "killer" use cases? I compose and arrange music theatre works (amongst other things). In the pit, we almost always have a multi-wind player. A very normal part would see that one person playing: mm 1-10 on Bb clarinet mm. 20-42 on [C+8] piccol

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-09 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
in orchestra score (Orm Finnendahl) >6. Re:Transposing instruments in orchestra score (David Kastrup) >7. Re:Trill span problem (Simon Albrecht) > > > ---------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 19:18:23 -0400 > From: Kieren MacMillan > To: David Kastrup >

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-09 Thread David Kastrup
Orm Finnendahl writes: > Hi all, > > as I understand the situation, the most convenient situation for all > would be the possibility of a context switch in mid-score affecting > the way lilypond is interpreting (seeing) the pitches, which could get > changed globally by including different files

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-09 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Hi all, as I understand the situation, the most convenient situation for all would be the possibility of a context switch in mid-score affecting the way lilypond is interpreting (seeing) the pitches, which could get changed globally by including different files with redefinitions of the context-s

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-09 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hello all, > > Sorry I’m late to the party… > > A critical feature of a proper and useable multi-instrumentalist > framework would be the ability to put in global variables which > include the key signature(s) for the work, and the part would present > the correct trans

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-08 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello all, Sorry I’m late to the party… A critical feature of a proper and useable multi-instrumentalist framework would be the ability to put in global variables which include the key signature(s) for the work, and the part would present the correct transposition of that key signature (as wel

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-08 Thread David Kastrup
Orm Finnendahl writes: > Hi, > > sorry, I seem to have missed the replies to the thread and just reread > them in the list archive. > > David, could you provide me with a hint on how to get the suggested > masterToScore and masterToPart functions working? I guess this would > be the most suitabl

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-08 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Hi, sorry, I seem to have missed the replies to the thread and just reread them in the list archive. David, could you provide me with a hint on how to get the suggested masterToScore and masterToPart functions working? I guess this would be the most suitable method for my purpose as I'm generati

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-08 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Hi David, thanks, sorry for not noticing this in your previous mail... -- Orm Am Donnerstag, den 08. Mai 2014 um 17:50:15 Uhr (+0200) schrieb David Kastrup: > Orm Finnendahl writes: > > > Hi David, > > > > below is a minimal example. One of the disadvantages of this notation > > is obvious,

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-08 Thread David Kastrup
Orm Finnendahl writes: > Hi David, > > below is a minimal example. One of the disadvantages of this notation > is obvious, if you render the file: Both parts are in the wrong > octave. The "\relative c'" has to get moved inside the brackets of the > \bclarinet and \eb-clarinet calls in order to

Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-08 Thread Orm Finnendahl
Hi David, below is a minimal example. One of the disadvantages of this notation is obvious, if you render the file: Both parts are in the wrong octave. The "\relative c'" has to get moved inside the brackets of the \bclarinet and \eb-clarinet calls in order to correct this. I'd much prefer not ha

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-08 Thread David Kastrup
Saul Tobin writes: > Naturally, but a music function like that misses the point. The > current way isn't cumbersome because it's verbose, it's cumbersome > because it requires breaking music into separate blocks using > braces. What I'd like to be able to do is change the transposition > like a c

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-08 Thread Saul Tobin
Naturally, but a music function like that misses the point. The current way isn't cumbersome because it's verbose, it's cumbersome because it requires breaking music into separate blocks using braces. What I'd like to be able to do is change the transposition like a context property, so that I

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-08 Thread David Kastrup
Shevek writes: > If I understand correctly, what Orm wants is to be able to write something > like this: > > clarinet = \relative c' { > \transposing bf > c4 d e d | > \transposing a > c d e d > } > > And get the output to show d e fs e ef f g f (using English spelling). > Current

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-08 Thread Shevek
http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Transposing-instruments-in-orchestra-score-tp162085p162144.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-07 Thread David Kastrup
Orm Finnendahl writes: > Hi List, > > I'd like to write a part for a transposing instrument in sounding > pitch, having the score printout in C and the part printout > transposed. As far as I understand the docs, Which ones? And which version? > in this case I'd have to wrap the instrumental

Transposing instruments in orchestra score

2014-05-05 Thread Orm Finnendahl
t means I'd have to wrap all music for the changed instrument in brackets for each switched part of the music. Does somebody know how to solve this in a more elegant way? In general it would be desirable to handle the definition of transposing instruments just the other way

Re: Transposing instruments

2013-02-04 Thread Keith OHara
Guy Stalnaker gmail.com> writes: > Thanks everyone who replied. I understand the relationship between > /transpose and /transposition now. FYI the proper commands that produce > the expected outcome is: > > /transpose f c' { >   /transposition c { %{ music in concert pitch ... %} >   } > } A

Re: Transposing instruments

2013-02-01 Thread Francisco Vila
2013/2/1 David Kastrup : >> I think you mean "\transposition is for displaying pitches only" > > Huh? Argh. >> I think the great feature you like so much is \transposition, which >> lets you input notes in concerty pitch, shows an instrument >> transposition correctly, and does not affect MIDI. >

Re: Transposing instruments

2013-02-01 Thread David Kastrup
Francisco Vila writes: > 2013/1/31 Guy Stalnaker : >> Francisco, >> >> \transpose was working as expected -- the horn parts were rendered >> the expected 5th higher. The issue was the midi output. It, too, was >> rendered' a fifth higher. > > In other words: \transpose transposes music. You are r

Re: Transposing instruments

2013-02-01 Thread Francisco Vila
2013/1/31 Guy Stalnaker : > Francisco, > > \transpose was working as expected -- the horn parts were rendered the > expected 5th higher. The issue was the midi output. It, too, was 'rendered' a > fifth higher. In other words: \transpose transposes music. You are right. > I could not figure out

Re: Transposing instruments

2013-01-31 Thread Vaughan McAlley
On 30 January 2013 19:47, David Kastrup wrote: > There is a Midi-only command for _then_ telling LilyPond that the > instrument is transposed. So you need to place your horn part within > > \transpose f c' { \transposition f ... } > > in order to have the visuals go up one fifth, and have the Mid

Re: Transposing instruments

2013-01-31 Thread Guy Stalnaker
Francisco, \transpose was working as expected -- the horn parts were rendered the expected 5th higher. The issue was the midi output. It, too, was 'rendered' a fifth higher. I could not figure out how to use \transpose and also get the correct midi output. David Kastrup explained how \transpose

Re: Transposing instruments

2013-01-31 Thread Francisco Vila
El 30/01/2013 17:23, "Guy Stalnaker" escribió: > > Thanks everyone who replied. I understand the relationship between /transpose and /transposition now. FYI the proper commands that produce the expected outcome is: > > /transpose f c' { > /transposition c { > } > } > > Yes but transposition d

Re: Transposing instruments

2013-01-30 Thread Guy Stalnaker
Thanks everyone who replied. I understand the relationship between /transpose and /transposition now. FYI the proper commands that produce the expected outcome is: /transpose f c' { /transposition c { } } Guy Stalnaker jstal...@wisc.edu jimmyg...@gmail.com On Jan 30, 2013, at 12:32 AM, W

Re: Transposing instruments

2013-01-30 Thread David Kastrup
Guy Stalnaker writes: > I used to think I was smart :-\ > > I'm arranging some church hymns for six-part instruments, Flute, 2 > Violins, 2 F Horns, 1 cello. > > Hymn is in F major. Arrangement is notated in LP in F major. That means you have notation that is in pitch, and you want it to look a

Re: Transposing instruments

2013-01-30 Thread Wim van Dommelen
Hi Guy, Your problem is that you did not specify the language, then it defaults to Dutch. I guess you want: \transpose bes, f { ... notes ... } but: \transpose f c' { } does the same, both move you up exactly one kwint/scale. Or: \language "english"

Re: Transposing instruments

2013-01-30 Thread Noeck
The \transpose command really transposes your input. So the notation and the sound (midi) is transposed. For transposed instruments, this should help: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches#instrument-transpositions It introduces the \transposition command. If you

Transposing instruments

2013-01-29 Thread Guy Stalnaker
I used to think I was smart :-\ I'm arranging some church hymns for six-part instruments, Flute, 2 Violins, 2 F Horns, 1 cello. Hymn is in F major. Arrangement is notated in LP in F major. How do I get the Horn parts correctly engraved in the proper key? I have tried \transpose f c' and \

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 02:03:49PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > Gilles Sadowski writes: > > >> oboe = \relative c'' { \key g \minor d16 d8. ~ d4 } > >> clarinetB = \relative c'' { \transposition bes c16 c8. ~ c4 } > >> hornF = \relative c'' { \transposition f d16 d8. ~ d4 } > >>

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-08 Thread David Kastrup
Gilles Sadowski writes: >> oboe = \relative c'' { \key g \minor d16 d8. ~ d4 } >> clarinetB = \relative c'' { \transposition bes c16 c8. ~ c4 } >> hornF = \relative c'' { \transposition f d16 d8. ~ d4 } >> >> \score >> { >> << >> \new Staff \with { midiInstrument="oboe"

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-08 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 08:12:20AM +0200, Helge Kruse wrote: > Am 07.06.2012 17:23, schrieb Gilles Sadowski: > >>besides some other voices. I know the name "Clarinet in B" but > > > >Likely, this should have been "Clarinet in Bb" where the small "b" is for > >"flat" (i.e. a clarinet in B flat, wher

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-07 Thread Helge Kruse
Am 07.06.2012 17:23, schrieb Gilles Sadowski: besides some other voices. I know the name "Clarinet in B" but Likely, this should have been "Clarinet in Bb" where the small "b" is for "flat" (i.e. a clarinet in B flat, where a "c" on the clarinet will sound as "b flat" in concert pitch). You'r

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-07 Thread Tim Roberts
Helge Kruse wrote: > I am transcribing an autograph with an arrangement for a small > orchestra. There are two transposing instruments: Clarinet in B and > French horn in F. The piece itself is set in g minor (some parts also in > g major). As a side note, if your autograph is of G

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-07 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > I am transcribing an autograph with an arrangement for a small > orchestra. There are two transposing instruments: Clarinet in B and > French horn in F. The piece itself is set in g minor (some parts > also in g major). > > The original score begins with this picture: >

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-07 Thread Keith OHara
Helge Kruse gmx.net> writes: > I am transcribing an autograph It looks like you are entering notes as written for the instrument (as opposed to entering notes in concert pitch) and that makes sense for transcribing. You need only \transposition to tell LilyPond the sounding pitch to put in mi

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-07 Thread David Kastrup
Helge Kruse writes: > I am transcribing an autograph with an arrangement for a small > orchestra. There are two transposing instruments: Clarinet in B and > French horn in F. The piece itself is set in g minor (some parts also > in g major). > > The original score begins

Re: Transposing instruments

2012-06-07 Thread Hilary Snaden
On 2012-06-07 15:39, Helge Kruse wrote: I am transcribing an autograph with an arrangement for a small orchestra. There are two transposing instruments: Clarinet in B and French horn in F. The piece itself is set in g minor (some parts also in g major). The original score begins with this

Transposing instruments

2012-06-07 Thread Helge Kruse
I am transcribing an autograph with an arrangement for a small orchestra. There are two transposing instruments: Clarinet in B and French horn in F. The piece itself is set in g minor (some parts also in g major). The original score begins with this picture: oboe = \relative c''

Transposing instruments

2012-06-07 Thread Helge Kruse
I am transcribing an autograph with an arrangement for a small orchestra. There are two transposing instruments: Clarinet in B and French horn in F. The piece itself is set in g minor (some parts also in g major). The original score begins with this picture: oboe = \relative c''

Re: transposing instruments

2010-07-18 Thread Jethro Van Thuyne
I hardly ever use the search function for LSR. Some time ago I stumbled upon it while browsing snippets and regoogled it now with "smart transpose LSR". Using Google's indexing seems to work a lot faster than LSR search. Best regards, Jethro. On Sun, 18 Jul 2010, Ole Schmidt wrote: > What

Re: transposing instruments

2010-07-18 Thread Ole Schmidt
What keyword did you type in the lsr search? neither "transpose" nor "accidental" will lead to snipppet 266 here... Am 18.07.2010 um 17:25 schrieb Jethro Van Thuyne: > Hi, > > Have you taken a look at the smart-transpose snippet? > > http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=266 > > Best regards,

Re: transposing instruments

2010-07-18 Thread Ole Schmidt
Hi, maybe this snippet helps? http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Snippet?id=266 <> for some strange reason it does not display when I type in "transpose"... ole Am 18.07.2010 um 17:03 schrieb Jatziri Valtierra: > Hi everyone, > > Your suggestions help me very much, but now I have other proble

Re: transposing instruments

2010-07-18 Thread Jethro Van Thuyne
Hi, Have you taken a look at the smart-transpose snippet? http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=266 Best regards, Jethro. On Sun, 18 Jul 2010, Jatziri Valtierra wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Your suggestions help me very much, but now I have other problem whit > the notes when I write des

Re: transposing instruments

2010-07-18 Thread Jatziri Valtierra
Hi everyone, Your suggestions help me very much, but now I have other problem whit the notes when I write des or ges the transposing is incorrect in atonal writing des - ces and ges - fes (and I want that des change to b and ges change to e) ej. music = \relative c' { des ges } << \new Staf

RE: transposing instruments

2010-07-17 Thread James Lowe
tes shifted. :) Yes it seems obvious now! -Original Message- From: lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org on behalf of David Rogers Sent: Sat 7/17/2010 14:31 To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: transposing instruments * Wols Lists [2010-07-17 10:41]: >As I s

Re: transposing instruments

2010-07-17 Thread David Rogers
* Wols Lists [2010-07-17 10:41]: As I said, horses for courses, but I play the trombone, so original source may be Bf or C, and my output parts may be Bf or C. So I find it simpler just to transpose everything to C when copying the music in, then transpose it back to what I want when outputting

Re: transposing instruments

2010-07-17 Thread Wols Lists
On 17/07/10 05:02, James Lowe wrote: > Jatziri, > Hi James, Jatziri, > > See: > > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-big-page#Transpose > > I regularly am given music in 'A' or 'C' to write out and transpose for > B-flat for the small orchestra I am in (for example

RE: transposing instruments

2010-07-16 Thread James Lowe
ut process for me until I have checked for any copying mistakes. I hope this helps. James From: lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore@gnu.org on behalf of Jatziri Valtierra Sent: Sat 7/17/2010 2:18 To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: transposing in

transposing instruments

2010-07-16 Thread Jatziri Valtierra
hi everybody, know how to write for transposing instruments (clarinet in Bes, bass clarinet in Bes, flute in G) without write the key because I was looking and I don't found nothing about it, all I've found is written in the traditional form and my writing is atonal therefore only cause

Re: Best practice when typesetting transposing instruments.

2010-02-07 Thread David Kastrup
Kirill writes: > Thank you all for your replies. > > As you might know, I am working on a Sibelius to LilyPond translator; > and one of the aims is to generate .ly sources that are as close as > possible to what a human would have written. Hence my asking about the > best practices. Well, I'd wr

Re: Best practice when typesetting transposing instruments.

2010-02-06 Thread Kirill
Thank you all for your replies. As you might know, I am working on a Sibelius to LilyPond translator; and one of the aims is to generate .ly sources that are as close as possible to what a human would have written. Hence my asking about the best practices. Gilles, Love your double \transpose tric

Re: Best practice when typesetting transposing instruments.

2010-02-05 Thread David Rogers
Kirill wrote: I cannot quite find figure out from the manual which is a better practice when typesetting transposing instruments (say, a B\flat clarinet): 1) Specifying \transposition bes { ... } and then writing out the transposed part. Or 2) Using \transpose bes, c {\transposition bes

Re: Best practice when typesetting transposing instruments.

2010-02-05 Thread James Lowe
lly mess things up. So I would not bother tweaking too much if you are finally going to transpose in one key and it changes things. James Kirill wrote: Hi LilyPond Gurus, I cannot quite find figure out from the manual which is a better practice when typesetting transposing instruments (say, a B\fl

Re: Best practice when typesetting transposing instruments.

2010-02-05 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hello. > I cannot quite find figure out from the manual which is a better practice when > typesetting transposing instruments (say, a B\flat clarinet): I use the following (assuming that the music contents is in variable "clarinetNotes" and that the "global" variable

Re: Best practice when typesetting transposing instruments.

2010-02-05 Thread Mats Bengtsson
ctice when typesetting transposing instruments (say, a B\flat clarinet): 1) Specifying \transposition bes { ... } and then writing out the transposed part. Or 2) Using \transpose bes, c {\transposition bes ...} and notating in C? Thanks. ___ lilypond-user ma

Best practice when typesetting transposing instruments.

2010-02-05 Thread Kirill
Hi LilyPond Gurus, I cannot quite find figure out from the manual which is a better practice when typesetting transposing instruments (say, a B\flat clarinet): 1) Specifying \transposition bes { ... } and then writing out the transposed part. Or 2) Using \transpose bes, c {\transposition bes

Re: MIDI and transposing instruments

2009-06-05 Thread Francisco Vila
2009/6/5 Peter Chubb : > Francisco> Please use \transposition for this. > > \transposition doesn't sit well with MIDI output if you're going to do > further transpositions. > > Try: > \version "2.11.62' > clarinet = \transpose bes c' { \transposition bes bes1 } > flute = { bes1 } > > \score { >  

Re: MIDI and transposing instruments

2009-06-05 Thread Peter Chubb
> "Francisco" == Francisco Vila writes: Francisco> 2009/6/5 bernie arai : >> i'm trying my hand at finally using the midi output of lilypond to >> audition my scores (instead of relying on my horrid piano playing). >> after a bit of messing around, and a while looking through the >> docs, i'm

Re: MIDI and transposing instruments

2009-06-05 Thread Francisco Vila
2009/6/5 bernie arai : > i'm trying my hand at finally using the midi output of lilypond to > audition my scores (instead of relying on my horrid piano playing). > after a bit of messing around, and a while looking through the docs, > i'm a bit stumped as to what to try next.  i've defined instrume

Re: MIDI and transposing instruments

2009-06-04 Thread Peter Chubb
> "bernie" == bernie arai writes: bernie> i'm trying my hand at finally using the midi output of bernie> lilypond to audition my scores (instead of relying on my bernie> horrid piano playing). after a bit of messing around, and a bernie> while looking through the docs, i'm a bit stumped as t

MIDI and transposing instruments

2009-06-04 Thread bernie arai
i'm trying my hand at finally using the midi output of lilypond to audition my scores (instead of relying on my horrid piano playing). after a bit of messing around, and a while looking through the docs, i'm a bit stumped as to what to try next. i've defined instruments for example: tenorsax

Re: transposing instruments

2004-01-21 Thread Kieren Richard MacMillan
Hello, Fodor: I have a practical question about transposing instruments, perhaps you have some experience. Here's my opinion, from the perspective of: 1. Copyist -- enter the "concert" (i.e., sounding) pitch, to make it easier to enter and reuse material 2. Conductor -- where pos

Re: transposing instruments

2004-01-21 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
a conductor (although, IANAC), it is much easier to have a C score, especially if the piece contains funky screech-boink type chords. However, older music traditionally is written scores with transposing instruments. That's also preferred when the score is used for playing. -- Han-W

Re: transposing instruments

2004-01-21 Thread Erik Sandberg
e a practical question about transposing instruments, perhaps you have > some experience. > For example we make a c major score for Flute, Piano and Clarinet in Bb. > What notation should be used for "c d e f" in the Clarinet part? > I think it is natural to use \property Staf

Re: transposing instruments

2004-01-21 Thread Kevin L. Mitchell
Almost every score I've ever seen prints the notes in the instrument's key. That is, the flute part (in C) might be in the key of G, but the clarinet part (in B-flat) would be in the key of A. The one score I've seen where all parts were written in C was next to useless for us--but that was parti

transposing instruments

2004-01-21 Thread Fodor Bertalan
I have a practical question about transposing instruments, perhaps you have some experience. For example we make a c major score for Flute, Piano and Clarinet in Bb. What notation should be used for "c d e f" in the Clarinet part? I think it is natural to use \property Staff.transposin