Re: change of plans for this final project

[Daniel Rosen]

On Apr 29, 2013, at 1:38 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

> Daniel Rosen <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Kastrup [mailto:address@hidden
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 3:39 PM
>>> To: address@hidden
>>> Subject: Re: change of plans for this final project
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Can you explain in greater detail exactly what the difference is
>>>> between \transpose and \transposition, and why there are two separate
>>>> commands?
>>> 
>>> Because they do entirely different things.  \transposition does not change
>>> the visible score, it only makes a difference regarding what you hear.
>> 
>> Are you referring to MIDI output?
> 
> That's what you hear, yes.  It's the main effect of \transposition.
> There is another actually visible effect _elsewhere_: when you quote an
> instrument (like with a cue voice), it will appear adjusted for the
> respective settings of \transposition.
> 
> Have you actually bothered to look at the manual page I linked to?  It
> is explained thoroughly and with examples.
> 
> -- 
> David Kastrup
> 
> 
> 
I have, but the entire concept of instrument transposition is sort of confusing 
to me in the first place, as a singer and pianist. If I had my way, the entire 
world of musicians would pick a day where everyone switched to C-scores and 
instruments at the same time, like when the UK went metric literally overnight. 
:-P I'll give it another look when I have more time; thanks for your help.

DR

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