Re: instrumentSwitch and addInstrumentDefinition use

[Paul Scott]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 07:29:39AM -0500, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Keith,
> 
> > I guess you enter the notes in concert pitch, then ?
> 
> Yes — I can’t imagine entering it any other way and maintaining my sanity.  :)

I certainly understand that as being the most common need.  However I am not a 
composer.  I am in 
the position of either adapting an existing book for younger players who may 
not be able to play 
all the instruments in a book or fixing my own book so the page turns are 
better maybe because of 
cuts.  
.  
Sometimes I am just creating parts and maybe scores from existing hard to read 
parts.

I usually want to just get music that already exists into the computer.  Even 
though my transposition 
skills are fine it's safer to enter the music directly as written.
> 
> > Do you use the \quoteDuring mechanism (as below) or Jan-Peter's 
> > auto-transposing engraver to 
> > generate the engraved pitches for each instrument?

I often use \quoteDuring for parts of what I do avoid entering a doubled 
passage more than once..

So I am saying that I would like any new features for instrument switching to 
suit my need to 
not always enter the notes in concert pitch.  I don't really think that be a 
problem.

Paul

> Neither. I simply use \transpose.
> (I was planning to look at Jan-Peter’s engraver, but haven’t yet had the 
> time.)
> Your snippet is quite helpful and hint-ful — I’m going to see if I can twist 
> it to my needs.
> 
> Thanks!
> Kieren.
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