Re: Transposing pitches in the lilypond file itself?

[Leo Correia de Verdier]

Depending on how you’ll use it \displayLilyMusic may also be useful. 

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> 12 jan. 2022 kl. 09:35 skrev Mark Knoop <mark@opus11.net>:
> 
> You might be interested in python-ly 
> (https://python-ly.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) which is actually written by 
> the Frescobaldi developers and used within it.
> 
> This provides a command-line tool that can do transposition (and more) and 
> shouldn't be too hard to use from within Emacs.
> 
> At 05:06 on 12 Jan 2022, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:
>> Thanks, Guy.
>> 
>> I use the Linux Emacs editor (which has a lilypond mode), and there might be 
>> something there, but I was just after a little advice - I have used 
>> Frescobaldi, but for me Emacs is faster and more efficient.
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Alasdair
>> 
>>> On Wednesday 12 January 2022 16:03:58 (+11:00), Guy Stalnaker wrote:
>>> 
>>> Alasdair,
>>> 
>>> Though it may not match your use, Frescobaldi, the LilyPond Editor, can do 
>>> this using one of its built-in features. In essence you specify the 
>>> interval to transpose when selecting the feature, e.g., "c d" would 
>>> transpose up a major 2nd.
>>> 
>>> Many on this list use other editors, but personally I cannot imagine 
>>> writing Lilypond without Frescobaldi given its features. For your purpose, 
>>> it might be worth an install simply to use the transpose feature?
>>> 
>>> If there are other ways of doing this in other editors, I'm sure list 
>>> subscribers will chime in.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of 
>>> human existence.”
>>> 
>>> ― Aristotle
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 10:27 PM Alasdair McAndrew <amca01@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I'm not quite sure how to search online for this, hence my asking here. 
>>>> I'm doing a little bit of arranging of some baroque pieces for specific 
>>>> instruments, which usually requires some transposition. I can transpose 
>>>> within the lilypond file so that the output score has the correct 
>>>> (transposed) notes, but what I really want is to have the transposed notes 
>>>> in the lilypond file itself. This means I can print out the score without 
>>>> needing to transpose anything. So basically I want to change an input 
>>>> from, say \transpose c,f {c d e f}
>>>> 
>>>> to simply
>>>> 
>>>> {f g a bf}
>>>> 
>>>> In other words, I want the transposition in the file itself, not just in 
>>>> the typeset output. Is there a way of doing this - maybe with an external 
>>>> command (I'm using Linux)?
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you very much,
>>>> Alasdair
> --
> Mark Knoop
>