Re: change of plans for this final project

[Sarah k Alawami]

Ok, so in this case this thing is in g. so if I write something like

\key g \major
[g fis e d |
} How would that look transposed to the horn in f? besides the key being a 
forth higher then what I'm actually hearing. I think. I'm trying to remember my 
theory classes from years ago lol!

Take care.
On Apr 28, 2013, at 12:39 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

> Daniel Rosen <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Kastrup [mailto:address@hidden
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 2:46 PM
>>> To: address@hidden
>>> Subject: Re: change of plans for this final project
>>> 
>>> \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
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> David, this is something that I've come across in the past that has
>> confused me as well.
> 
> You snipped from my reply the following important information:
> 
>>> Before version 2.17.13, you want to avoid having \transposition
>>> inside of \transpose because its behavior is somewhat strange.
> 
> Keep that in mind, and keep \transposition out of \transpose.  Or the
> result will confuse you...
> 
>> Can you explain in greater detail exactly what the difference is
>> between \transpose and \transposition, and why there are two separate
>> commands?
> 
> Because they do entirely different things.  \transposition does not
> change the visible score, it only makes a difference regarding what you
> hear.
> 
> \transpose changes both visible and audible notes by the same amount.
> 
> At any rate, the documentation is pretty good by now, so try
> <URL:http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches#instrument-transpositions>
> 
> -- 
> David Kastrup
> 
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