Re: Notation of french horn

[David Kastrup]

Josiah Boothby <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 21:31, Helge Kruse <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Thanks to all for the answer. I wasn't aware of the transposed notation
>> praxis for this instrument. So I think it will be best to write the actual
>> notes as they should appear on the sheet. This can make discussions with the
>> performers easier.
>>
>> If I generate a MIDI file to look for mistakes I will use the \transpose by
>> a fifth to get a well sounding output.
>
> In order to get a good MIDI file, you may have to also use
> \transposition (as well as \transpose) to get it to sound right. My
> memory is always fuzzy on when this is needed, so every time I want to
> use MIDI, I have to look it up (and sometimes have to dance the
> trial-and-error dance).

\transposition is needed when the visual pitch and the sounding pitch
are different.  It does not affect the visual pitch (except when
quoting, of course).

-- 
David Kastrup