Re: transposition: entering parts in absolute pitch

[David Kastrup]

Tom Yates <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, 8 Jan 2014, David Kastrup wrote:
>
>> Which version of LilyPond are you using?  In 2.17.13 the behavior
>> was changed and is much simpler now.  I am describing how this works
>> now:
>
> GNU LilyPond 2.17.26, which is apparently handy!  i'm sorry for not
> including that information earlier.
>
>> You use \transposition to state the relation of printed to played music,
>> regardless of whether you are entering in concert pitch or printed
>> pitch.
>>
>> You use \transpose to change the printed pitch (and the played pitch
>> will move along).
>
> so it sounds as if i want \transposition, to change the printed pitch
> without changing the rendered or real pitches.

No.  \transposition will never affect the printed pitch.  It is only
used by Midi.  You first fiddle around with \transpose until the
printout is what you want.  And then you put in \transposition in order
to get the Midi to be what you want, in case that is different from the
printed version.

-- 
David Kastrup