On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 2:48 PM, Glassmenagerie <rdlang2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here are a few measures of the 1st trumpet part in F of the 3rd dance of > the > Dvorak Slavonic Dances, Op46. The Bb trumpet player would need to > transpose > up 7 intervals on the fly. There is no key signature. Quite a challenge > for amateur players. The concert key starts out in Ab, changes to C at mm. > 66, then back to Ab at mm. 110. I'd like the best way to arrive at the > correct notes and key signature for the Bb trumpet. > The docs are always a good starting point: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches#instrument-transpositions Without looking at your example there are a few ways: 1) Write out the notes you want (Frescobaldi can transpose the notes in the source). 2) Use /transpose to move the notes to what you want the players to read. 3) Use /transposition f in conjunction with some auto-transposition libraries: https://github.com/openlilylib/openlilylib/tree/master/editorial-tools/auto-transpose . I would suggest not using a key signature in either the original or the transposed version for a trumpet part, but if you really want that you could use tags (or the fancy edition engraver that's all the rage these days: https://github.com/openlilylib/edition-engraver). -----Jay
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