Read up on \transpose which should do what you want, combined with octaves.
> On Sep 26, 2019, at 7:33 PM, Francesco Petrogalli > <francesco.petroga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have written a part using the orchestral pitch (real note) of an > instrument, the baritone sax (and other instruments, like trumpets, > alto, and so on). > > All the parts are rendered with the real notes, so that I can listen > to the midi and check the music on the piano easily (I am no good at > transposing on the fly). > > Now I need to produce the parts for the single instruments with the > correct transposition, but keeping the same pitch in the midi. > > Is there already a facility to do so, say a function that I can place > in front of a music sequence and get it transposed for saxophone? or > do I have to come up with my own? > > I understand that the correct way of doing this is first write the > notes in the tonality of the instrument, and _then_ use \transposition > to get the correct pitches in the midi, but I already have the notes > in the ly file with the orchestral pitch and I would like to avoid > rewriting the whole part. > > Kind regards, > > Francesco > > _______________________________________________ > 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
