Re: [Fwd: Re: confused about transposing]

2004-01-28 Thread chip
Thanks for the tips guys, that helps alot. Got the piece transposed fine. FWIW, I am transcibing a piece, used my tenor sax to write the tenor parts, put that into lily, now transposed and printed the 'bone parts, which are nearly a double of the t-sax parts, only a few minor changes. I don't p

Re: [Fwd: Re: confused about transposing]

2004-01-28 Thread William R. Brohinsky
David Rogers wrote: On 2004/01/28, William R. Brohinsky wrote: ...(a very comprehensive answer to the transposition question)... But, wouldn't he have to transpose DOWN a tone, when moving from a Bflat-notated instrument to a C-notated one? So - \transpose c bes, ? Absolutely right

[Fwd: Re: confused about transposing]

2004-01-28 Thread William R. Brohinsky
--- Begin Message --- Chip, The important thing to understand about the \transpose function is that the two note names following the \transpose represent the interval of transposition. To transpose from music written in C to music appropriate for a Bb instrument, you must end up with music in