Re: change of plans for this final project

[Sarah k Alawami]

On Apr 28, 2013, at 12:10 PM, Sarah k Alawami <address@hidden> wrote:

> Ok. coolio.  I'm not there yet. as I'm still working on the flute part 
> separately. but for the clarinet since it is a major second lower and is a b 
> flat instrument do I have to transpose its key in f as the piece is in g? or 
> am I thinking the wrong direction? lol!I'm a choir geek not a band nerd. lol! 
> I'll write the pitches as I hear them for now then worry about keys later, or 
> is that the wrong way to go?. 
> 
> Take care.
> On Apr 28, 2013, at 11:46 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Sarah k Alawami <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>>> Ok. I read in the manual since this will be a score and parts that it
>>> would probably be easier if I made the files individually.  the
>>> combined then in t the score and parts needed for the conductor and
>>> students, or in this case the prof. I think this is a good idea so I
>>> don't have to count rests and see what is and is not metrically
>>> alined. lol!  Well almost. Some will have to have multiple staffs
>>> according to the inductions. My question is this. Since some
>>> instruments transpose do I need to write them in the key that the
>>> piece is in (in this case g major) and put in the transpose command
>>> later? this would be easier as I have perfect pitch and have issues as
>>> I'm hearing the piece but have to think in the case of a clarinet a
>>> major second lower. lol! right now that hurts my brain and I nee
>>> d to try and get this done by may 10.  or earlier. lol! What is the
>>> easiest way with out getting a major headache to tackle this
>>> beast. lol!
>> 
>> Before version 2.17.13, you want to avoid having \transposition inside
>> of \transpose because its behavior is somewhat strange.
>> 
>> \transposition gives the relation between audible and visible pitch.
>> 
>> If you want to enter stuff in true pitch, you can transpose it down
>> visually by using \transpose.  So if you write something like
>> 
>> \new Staff {
>> \transposition bes
>> \transpose bes c' { bes ces' des' es' }
>> }
>> 
>> then what you write inside of the \transpose command is transposed one
>> note up visually, but the bes that looks like c' after the transposition
>> sounds like bes still.
>> 
>> -- 
>> David Kastrup
>> 
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