Yep sorry guys, I wrongly assumed that the sax player in our quartet would prefer reading 6-flats than 6-sharps (I would, but as a concert pitch player I'm used to reading things written in flat keys so that the horns aren't in tough keys). But I've just spoken to him and he's happier with the sharps... Thanks for your help!
-----Original Message----- From: Toine Schreurs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 August 2007 14:59 To: Cameron Horsburgh Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Double-flats used by Lilypond after transpose The transposition of the instrument does not depend on the key of the music. On a B-flat sax a written C sounds as a B-flat. That's all the information you need. So use \transpose bf c' {the music} And indeed, key E-major goes to F-sharp-major. The original transposition from E-major to G-flat-major implies an A-sharp saxophone. Toine Schreurs > > I've been writing out a part for B-flat sax. I've written out the music in > > concert pitch and so am using \transpose to display it in the right key for the > > B-flat sax. The part I'm writing is in E-major when in concert pitch, so this > > becomes G-flat-major when transposed for the B-flat instrument. > > > > The problem I'm having is that Lilypond is choosing to use double flats for a > > number of particular notes when it prints out the B-flat part. For example, if > > I write a G or an F in the concert part (which is in E-major) these get written > > out as B-doubleflat and A-doubleflat respectively, in the B-flat instrument > > part, instead of as A-natural and G-natural, which would be easier to read in > > my opinion. > > > > The other option would be to transpose the piece into F-sharp major, which > would (I presume) get rid of the double accidentals and be more > (technically) correct. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
