Hey Daniel,
Check out http://wiki.lilynet.net/index.php/JM_diatonic-transpose.ly .
Cheers,
MS
On Jan 20, 2011, at 9:05 PM, Daniel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have recently discovered Lilypond, and wow. It is just great. I have been
> looking for something like this for a long time.
>
> I have a question on how to diatonically transpose a motive in a non-major or
> minor scale in this case, a pentatonic.
>
> For instance, suppose I have this pentatonic {a c d e g } and I have a phrase
> that is {a c g e} and now I want that phrase to start on g so transposed
> diatonically to the "mode" (its not really, but that is basically what I want)
> of that a pentatonic it would be {g a e d}.
>
> If I use regular "\transpose a g {MyPhrase}" it will come out {g bes f d} and
> include notes that are not in my original a minor pentatonic.
>
> Can I define my own modes? I know that \dorian, \ionian are in there
> somewhere,
> can I make my own scale\modes somehow and just use those?
>
> Thanks for any advice or snippets!
>
> Daniel
>
>
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