Hi John, I suspect you'll have to write out your pattern in C major and then A minor first, and then transpose the pair all the way through the other keys. Be aware that you should be able to use '\key c \major' for the C maj. and A min. pattern.
Hope this helps, David ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John McWilliam" <jsmcwill...@gmail.com> > To: "Lillypond Users Mailing List" <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2019 4:52:22 PM > Subject: Transpose > Hi, > > I am rewriting Baermanns repetitive exercises for clarinet and am trying to > rationalise my code. For example broken chords: they start in C major then A > minor followed by G major, E minor etc. To avoid rewriting the code every time > I tried using ”\transpose c a \Cmajor” (the variable with the C major code). > This gave me of coarse a change of key signature to A major – not what was > wanted. Is there a way around this which will allow me to take the C major > code > and transpose the notes down a third to A keeping everything in C (minor). > > > > John McWilliam > > > > Sent from [ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986 | Mail ] for > Windows > 10 > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
