Re: Efficient transposition

[David Kastrup]

Colin Tennyson <address@hidden> writes:

> I have created my first LilyPond file, using Frescobaldi. 
> (LilyPond 2.18, Frescobaldi 2.0.12)

That must be the first documented use of LilyPond 2.18.

> I've  transposed it down a minor third. My question is: is the way I coded
> the transposition the most efficient one?

> Currently the 4 voices are transposed individually. So if I want do
> undo/redo the transposition I have to comment out the transposition in 4
> separate places. 
> Is there a way to use built-in LilyPond functionality so that there is a
> _single_ point in the code for setting the transposition?
>
> I tried embracing the entire score part of the source in a  
> \transpose a fs { ... }
> but the parser didn't accept that.

A score cannot be transposed.  But its music can.

\score {
  \transpose c' a
  \new ChoirStaff <<
    \override Score.BarNumber.break-visibility = #'#(#f #t #t)
    \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #(every-nth-bar-number-visible 5)
[...]

-- 
David Kastrup