Re: transpose chords?

[Tim McNamara]

On Jun 24, 2012, at 7:58 PM, MING TSANG wrote:
> 
> Hi, lily user:
> 
> I use \transpose g d on a melody song.  The transpose is fine, but I notice 
> the chord is not transposed.   How to do transpose of chord together with 
> transpose of melody?

The same way that you do it with the melody, but you also have to use 
\transpose separately with the \chordmode block.  An excerpt from one of my 
lead sheets:

harmonies = \transpose bes c \chordmode {

% 1
c2:min7 ees2:9
aes2:maj7 g2:7.5+
c2:min7 ees2:9
aes2:maj7 g2:7.5+
}

melody = \transpose bes c' \relative c' {
\time 4/4
\clef treble
\key ees \major

% 1
r8 c'8 ees8 f8 ees8(\accent d8) r8 c8
ees8 r8 g,8 bes4 b8~ b4
r8 c8 ees8 f8 d8\accent r8 c8 ees8~
ees8 r8 r4 r2 \break
}