Re: Learning manual addition (Section 5.1.2)

[Mats Bengtsson]

I would soften the formulation a bit, for example replacing
"When ... into a variable", wrap ..." by
"When ... into a variable, it is recommended to wrap ..."

After all, this is just a recommended practice, it's not the
one and only way to do things. Especially, I'm not sure I
see the point of going via C if I for example want to transpose
a piece for B clarinet into A clarinet. Rather, it would give me
a doubled chance to mix the "from" and "to"  arguments.

  /Mats

Trevor Daniels wrote:
> Thanks Anthony - I'll add it as you suggest.
>
> Trevor
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony W. Youngman" 
> <address@hidden>
> To: "lilypond-devel" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 7:56 PM
> Subject: Learning manual addition (Section 5.1.2)
>
>
> > Having had an (off-list) discussion with Chip about transposition, 
> > I've written the following little snippet which would probably fit 
> > well in 5.1.2 (manual 2.12.1), if the maintainer would care to add it.
> >
> > <start>
> > * When entering a part for a transposing instrument into a variable,
> > wrap the notes in a "\transpose c natural-pitch {}" (where
> > "natural-pitch" is the open pitch of the instrument) so that the music
> > is stored in lily at concert pitch. You can transpose it back again on
> > output if required, but you might not want to (score in concert pitch,
> > converting trombone part from treble to bass clef etc) and it's a lot
> > easier if everything internal to lily is in a consistent pitch.
> >
> > Also, only ever transpose to/from C. That means that the only other key
> > you will use is the natural pitch of the instrument - Bf for a Bf 
> > trumpet, Af for an Af clarinet, etc.
> > <end>
> >
> > I've noticed we seem to get people on the list every now and then who 
> > it seems play a non-transposing instrument but are asked "can you do 
> > this for so-and-so who plays (let's say) the trumpet", and because 
> > they've never personally experienced a transposing instrument they 
> > seem to have trouble knowing how to cope.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Wol
> > --
> > Anthony W. Youngman - address@hidden
> >
> >
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