Re: Accordion transposition notation

[address@hidden]

On Sep 29, 2011, at 9:53 AM, address@hidden wrote:

> On Sep 29, 2011, at 9:31 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
> 
>> Mike Solomon <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>>> Hey all,
>>> 
>>> If I want an accordion player to use stops to play a passage one
>>> octave under the written pitch, I was wondering what the appropriate
>>> notation was?  I found the info about discant notation in the manual,
>>> but I'm not sure if those correspond to a change in octave (i.e. by
>>> using the bassoon, is the pitch automatically played an octave
>>> under?).
>> 
>> Yes.  The lowest-sounding reed in the register determines the basic
>> pitch of the sound, any additional reeds change the timbre.
>> 
>> The low reed has the same pitch as the middle reed played one octave
>> lower, but is usually more mellow in sound quality when played alone
>> (Italian register switches tend to call them "bassoon" and "clarinet",
>> respectively).  So you have to be prepared for a switch in sound quality
>> as well as of octave when composing.
>> 
> 
> Good deal - thanks!
> ~Mike
> 

Follow-up - is there a standard notation for the air button and, if so, can 
LilyPond do it?

Cheers,
MS