Re: Problem with transposition

[Paul Scott]

On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 10:52:23AM +0000, fazer666 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to write some music for Tenor Sax (Bb). I have melody and chords 
> above the staff. When I put "\transposition bes" directive, melody is 
> correct in midi file, but not chords.

As a side point here tenor sax sounds an octave lower so the correct 
transposition would be:

\transposition bes,

Paul Scott

> 
> Here is a snippet of my code :
> 
> \score 
> {
>   "double_opening_chevrons"
>     \chords
>     {
>       \transpo
>       gis,1:m7.5- cis:7
>       fis,1:m7.5- b,:7.9-
>       e,1:m7.5- cis2:m7.5- fis:7
>       b,1:m6 c:9
>     }
> 
>     \new Staff \relative g'
>     {
>       b8 d fis2~ fis8 gis | f2 cis' |
>       a,8 c e2~ e8 fis | ees2 b' |
>       g,8 bes d2~ d8 e | cis2~ cis8 bes a g |
>       fis2. fis8 g | c,1 |
> 
>     }
>   "double_closing_chevrons"
> 
> NB: I wrote "double_opening_chevrons" because with real characters, gmane 
> though I was top-posting...
>  
> I tried to change the position of the directive (for example put only one 
> directive befor the \chords directive) with no success.
> 
> Any idea ?
> Thanks in advance for your help
> 
> 
> 
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