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Re: \transposition question
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Jacques Menu Muzhic |
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Re: \transposition question |
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Fri, 1 Sep 2017 12:35:42 +0200 |
So <diatonic> helps forcing the use of the « simplest » pitch, while I thought
it was used to help forcing the use of the enharmonic one. Now I understand.
Thanks Simon for this enlightenment, and a nice day!
JM
> Le 1 sept. 2017 à 12:31, Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> a écrit :
>
> On 01.09.2017 12:09, Jacques Menu Muzhic wrote:
>> Hello Simon,
>>
>> The 7 semitones are there anyways, since the <chromatic> markup is mandatory…
>
> Of course it is, else you’d never know if it’s horns in F or in F# (yes,
> there is such a thing). But in addition you have the information that it’s 5
> diatonic steps.
>
> Best, Simon
>
>>
>> JM
>>
>>> Le 1 sept. 2017 à 10:23, Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> a écrit :
>>>
>>> On 01.09.2017 09:35, Jacques Menu Muzhic wrote:
>>>> But then, why is the <diatonic> markup present in MusicXML?
>>> A few days ago, in the Music Engraving Tips forum on Facebook, we had a
>>> discussion about why Čaikovskij spells what sounds a B major chord in the
>>> Horns in F as <fis bes cis>. In short: A# is very uncomfortable to play for
>>> horns, horns don’t use any written key signature anyway, etc. My point here
>>> is: MusicXML wants to avoid such enharmonic respellings by not specifying a
>>> fifth as 7 semitones, but as 5 diatonic steps amounting to 7 semitones. Or
>>> so I guess…
>>>
>>> Best, Simon
>