You're right, it worked better with relative for melody. Still, it seems that changing from-pitch alters the note of transposition, while to-pitch changes absolutely nothing.
Best Alexandre 2012/6/13 Trevor Daniels <t.dani...@treda.co.uk>: > > ALEXANDRE FICAGNA wrote Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:57 PM > > >>I still didn't picture exactly how \inverse works in its from-pitch >> to-pitch variables, but I tried an example and what I got is the >> correct inversion of pitches, but each one was an octave above. >> >> Here's the code: >> >> \version "2.14.2" >> >> #(set-global-staff-size 15) >> >> \paper { >> #(define dump-extents #t) >> ragged-right = ##t >> line-width = 17\cm >> } >> >> melody= { a8 gis ees d g4 } >> >> \score { >> \new PianoStaff >> << >> \new Staff \relative c' { >> %\override Stem #'transparent = ##t %uncomment to hide Stems >> %\override Beam #'transparent = ##t %uncomment to hide Beams >> \melody \retrograde \melody >> } >> \new Staff \relative c { >> \clef treble >> %\override Stem #'transparent = ##t %uncomment to hide Stems >> %\override Beam #'transparent = ##t %uncomment to hide Beams >> \inversion a' a \melody >> \retrograde \inversion a' a \melody >> } >>>> >> \layout { >> indent = #0 >> \context { >> \Staff >> \remove "Bar_number_engraver" >> \remove "Time_signature_engraver" >> } >> } >> } > > If you use \relative for melody, \inversion behaves more as you > would expect. Either there is a bug which causes the incorrect > behaviour you see when given absolute notes or the documentation > needs to explain this better. Note though that \inversion will > also transpose if from-pitch and to-pitch differ. > > Copied to bug list for further discussion. > > Trevor -- www.myspace.com/alexandreficagna _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user