Re: MIDI and transposing instruments

[Francisco Vila]

2009/6/5 bernie arai <address@hidden>:
> 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 = \transpose c d' \relative c {
> % tenor notes (in concert pitch)
> }

Please use \transposition for this.

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Displaying-pitches#Instrument-transpositions

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Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain)
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