Re: [Denemo-devel] Duplicating in octaves

[Joe Wilkinson]

Actually Richard, though this solves the problem it doesn't solve my 
curiosity!

I assumed I would be able to find a way of writing a Scheme Script that 
would do the same, i.e. copy the note at the cursor, change the pitch of 
the copy by an octave, and then add it to the original in a chord. I've 
seen quite a lot of piano music which has a bass line partly with pairs 
of notes an octave apart, and creating a mirrored staff seems a bit like 
overkill. May not be, I suppose.

I didn't want you to write the script, but just couldn't find a way to 
start puzzling it out for myself!

Joe


On 01/03/2017 14:20, Richard Shann wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-03-01 at 11:45 +0000, Joe Wilkinson wrote:
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > Frequently we get music for the Octave Mandola which was originally
> > for the Tenor Mandola /Viola. The TM top string is a Fourth higher
> > than that of the OM. As a consequence the OM music can end up a bit
> > high up the fingerboard. We could put a capo on the 5th fret (!) but
> > it would be handier if the music were transposed down. And we can do
> > this in Denemo.
> >
> >
> > However it would be even  nicer if we could also have the original
> > pitches as well, so if it were possible to select a set of notes,
> > press a button, and have them duplicated
> I think you mean: have the notes copied, pasted into a new staff below
> and then physically transposed an octave higher. ???
>
> If so I think you are missing a trick here. Attached is a score with two
> staffs. The second one mirrors the first, but after mirroring the first
> one has had its staff-transpose value set to transpose down an octave -
> see Staffs/Voices->Staff Properties->(Print) Transpose.
>
> The mirrored staff ignores changes made to the staff whose music it
> mirrors, it only mirrors the actual music.
>
> This does mean you need to finalize everything on the staff (key,
> timesig ...) before creating the mirror, else you have to re-create it
> later (un-transposing and then transposing in this case).
>
> HTH
>
> Richard