Re: How to transpose an entire piece of music?

[Colin Campbell]

On 15-12-22 02:04 PM, Bernhard Kleine wrote:
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> I had a christmas carol "Zu Bethelem geboren" with is in F-Dur. That
> piece has a bass voice going to "großem F" more than once. Since the
> other voice are not at all at their upper limit, I thought to
> transpose the carol by 1 or 2 tones to G-Dur or A-Dur.
>
> This turned out difficult for the following reason.
>
> Using the \transposition with the \score
>
> \score {
>      \transpositon D {
>         \new ChoirStaff <<
> ...
>
>          >>
>      }
>      \layout {}
>      \midi {}
> }
>
> gave error: wrong Typ of Argument 1, pitch expected, "D" found
>
> I than used \transpose for individual voices, which lost the \relative
> c'' property and the notes had to be individually positioned.
> Furthermore the whole piece is still noted in F-Dur which makes for
> some unusual naturals.

I'm rushing out for Christmas shopping, Bernhard, but one of your 
problems is that \relative must be *inside* the \transpose block.

Another quick thought: have you tried using Frescobaldi? One of the many 
powerful features is exactly what you need: the ability to select all of 
a piece and transpose from one to another pitch in a very smooth way.

HTH and

Fröhliche Weihnachten! Colin



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