On 23/12/15 15:02, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Bernhard,
>
>> > When I searched for Lilypond transponieren (transpose) I was not at all
>> > clear that this could be done on an entire piece. There is no example
>> > where score is mentioned.
> While it doesn’t explicitly say “score”, it does [at least on the English
> site] say: “Consider a piece written in the key of D-major. It can be
> transposed up to E-major; note that the key signature is automatically
> transposed as well.” The subsequent example shows an entire score being
> transposed in that manner. In light of the phrase “a piece” and the included
> example, I believe the documentation implies “a score”.
>
> I would imagine that being explicit simply isn’t possible, since one would
> have to then change the example to be at least
>
> \score {
> \new GrandStaff <<
> \new StaffGroup <<
> \new Staff \relative { … the music … }
> >>
> >>
> }
>
> and even that might not be explicit enough for some people (e.g., “What if I
> want to transpose a score with a ChoirStaff in it?”).
What you might do is give a "for example", the obvious example being the
trombone :-)
Where I always work conceptually in bass clef concert, and then just
wrap the entire piece in a single transpose if I need treble clef b-flat.
You then have to hope that the reader puts two and two together and
concludes that you can do that to anything :-)
Cheers,
Wol
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