Re: Auto-transposition

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On 15/12/17 17:48, Flaming Hakama by Elaine wrote:
>     > Actually, I think it had to do with midi output for bass
>     clarinet.   The
>     > sample I used was not transposed the octave, and I had to
>     compensate by
>     > transposing the music down.
> 
>     According to Wikipedia, bass clarinet is written in treble clef but
>     played one octave lower than written (after subtracting the usual B♭
>     transposition).  So, uh, I have no idea?
> 
> 
> 
> Correct, I'd entered the music in the printed octave, 
> and wanted to hear it in the sounding octave.
> 
Which is actually why I always like \relative when entering music. I
just alter the reference pitch up or down an octave to suit ...

I gather \fixed would have the same effect - I might have to try
changing to that because it would probably help avoid me getting stuff
going all over the place - I do tend to enter all the notes before I
compile and check it so a couple of missed commas or apostrophes results
in ledger lines galore :-)

If you want to print it with the treble rather than the treble_8 clef,
I'd be inclined to enter it in the correct octave with \relative then
\transpose it up the octave just for printing.

Cheers,
Wol