Re: Transpose Command

[Francisco Vila]

2009/7/6 Amiable <address@hidden>:
>
> Hi,  New user to Lilypond; a convert from Finale2009.   My use of music
> notation is for transposition, mainly.   I can't afford an A clarinet at
> present, so I need to tranpose A clarinet parts for my Bb clarinet.   When I
> follow the manual, I don't get good results.   Example:  A clarinet part
> starts in F and ends in F.   There's a B major change in the middle.   This
> command does well with the F key signature sections but results in double
> sharps in the B major section instead of Bb major:   \transpose f e {

This is correct and not a fault of lilypond. Transposing F to E gives
an increase of 5 sharps, B major has 5, this makes 10 total, i.e. 7
sharps + 3 double-sharps.

I am pretty sure the common practice for this type of instrumental
transposing is to simplify the signature when the original has many
sharps. So yes, you have to do it by sections.

What I'd do is to enclose the section in B major into \transpose cis
des { } thus gaining 5 extra flats in the key.

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Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain)
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