Josiah Boothby <josi...@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 21:31, Helge Kruse <helge.kruse-nos...@gmx.net> wrote: >> Thanks to all for the answer. I wasn't aware of the transposed notation >> praxis for this instrument. So I think it will be best to write the actual >> notes as they should appear on the sheet. This can make discussions with the >> performers easier. >> >> If I generate a MIDI file to look for mistakes I will use the \transpose by >> a fifth to get a well sounding output. > > In order to get a good MIDI file, you may have to also use > \transposition (as well as \transpose) to get it to sound right. My > memory is always fuzzy on when this is needed, so every time I want to > use MIDI, I have to look it up (and sometimes have to dance the > trial-and-error dance).
\transposition is needed when the visual pitch and the sounding pitch are different. It does not affect the visual pitch (except when quoting, of course). -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user