Re: Easy way to transpose voices

[Graham Percival]

On Sat, 01 Mar 2003 20:01:42 -0500
Daniel Ashton <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have the following in my score block:
> <
>    \global
>    \property Score.skipBars = ##t

\transpose f'

>    \context StaffGroup <
>      \context Staff = rightHand <
>        \Key
>        \context Voice=one { \voiceOne \VoiceOne }
>        \context Voice=two { \voiceTwo \VoiceTwo }
>      >
>      \context Staff = leftHand <
>        \clef F
>        \Key
>        \context Voice \VoiceThree
>        \context Voice=three { \voiceTwo \VoiceFour }
>      >
>    >
>    \context Staff = pedal <
>      \clef F
>      \Key
>      \context Voice \VoiceFive
>    >
>  >
> 
> All the \notes are in \VoiceOne, \VoiceTwo, etc.  Is there an easy place 
> to put  \transpose af  to move everything down two steps?  Or do I have 
> to go into each of the voices?

Try what I've stuck up there.  BTW, there's only a few places where it might
possibly work; it isn't too much trouble to check all five or so places.

It certainly is possible; it just depends on how you defined everything and
structured your score block.
 
> Ultimately, I would want to keep the voice definitions (the \notes) in 
> an original key, and have a given instrument transpose voice(s) for 
> itself as necessary.  Is that possible?

You mean like a ly orchestral score, written in concert pitch, but then 
transposing
the clarinet part into B\fetachar\fetaflat?  Very easily.  Mutopia should have a
few examples of this, and I've used it myself.

Cheers,
- Graham