Re: [Best Practices] instrument changes

2011-07-06 Thread Janek Warchoł
2011/7/3 Gilles Sadowski : > >> I don't write much music for transposing instruments, so i cannot give >> any advice, but i have a question that may trigger a discussion: how >> to prepare scores with transposing instruments so that they are >> structurally correct? Consider this canon: >> >> commo

Re: [Best Practices] instrument changes

2011-07-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > > > I would love to put together a "Best Practices" example/snippet/document > > Good idea! > I don't write much music for transposing instruments, so i cannot give > any advice, but i have a question that may trigger a discussion: how > to prepare scores with transposing instruments so t

Re: [Best Practices] instrument changes

2011-07-03 Thread Janek Warchoł
2011/6/28 Kieren MacMillan : > Hello all, > > I would love to put together a "Best Practices" example/snippet/document Good idea! I don't write much music for transposing instruments, so i cannot give any advice, but i have a question that may trigger a discussion: how to prepare scores with trans

RE: [Best Practices] instrument changes

2011-06-28 Thread James Lowe
Kieren, From: Kieren MacMillan [kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca] Sent: 28 June 2011 16:39 To: James Lowe Cc: Lilypond-User Mailing List Subject: Re: [Best Practices] instrument changes Q1: When you have a doubler-switch in the middle of a passage, do you use

Re: [Best Practices] instrument changes

2011-06-28 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi James, Thanks for chiming in! Very helpful. > 1. Always use music variables and THEN transpose them in the \score, rather > than transpose them in the variable (if that makes sense?) Definitely. This, I think, is Best Practice #1. In fact, "put the notes in variables and [try to] do everyth

RE: [Best Practices] instrument changes

2011-06-28 Thread James Lowe
: [Best Practices] instrument changes Hello all, I write a lot of music for "doublers", i.e., instrumentalists who play more than one instrument. Often (e.g., clarinet), these instruments have different transpositions. Furthermore, I usually need to print parts (in "performance pit

[Best Practices] instrument changes

2011-06-28 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello all, I write a lot of music for "doublers", i.e., instrumentalists who play more than one instrument. Often (e.g., clarinet), these instruments have different transpositions. Furthermore, I usually need to print parts (in "performance pitch") and scores (both "transposed" and "c" scores).