Re: Double-flats used by Lilypond after transpose

[Valentin Villenave]

2007/8/1, Jon <address@hidden>:
> Hi there guys,
>
> I've been writing out a part for B-flat sax. I've written out the music in
> concert pitch and so am using \transpose to display it in the right key for 
> the
> B-flat sax. The part I'm writing is in E-major when in concert pitch, so this
> becomes G-flat-major when transposed for the B-flat instrument.

> Is there a way to get around this problem - maybe to stop Lilypond from using
> doubleflats? Annoyingly, if I re-write my G as F-doublesharp it gets printed
> out as an A-natural when transposed - but I don't want to have to write my g 
> as
> fss all the time as that will make working out what i've written a whole lot
> harder!

Why don't you use    \transpose e fs
instead of                 \transpose e gf ?

Hope this helps!
Valentin