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Re: \transposition question
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Jacques Menu Muzhic |
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Re: \transposition question |
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Fri, 1 Sep 2017 12:09:33 +0200 |
Hello Simon,
The 7 semitones are there anyways, since the <chromatic> markup is mandatory…
JM
> Le 1 sept. 2017 à 10:23, Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> a écrit :
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> On 01.09.2017 09:35, Jacques Menu Muzhic wrote:
>> But then, why is the <diatonic> markup present in MusicXML?
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> A few days ago, in the Music Engraving Tips forum on Facebook, we had a
> discussion about why Čaikovskij spells what sounds a B major chord in the
> Horns in F as <fis bes cis>. In short: A# is very uncomfortable to play for
> horns, horns don’t use any written key signature anyway, etc. My point here
> is: MusicXML wants to avoid such enharmonic respellings by not specifying a
> fifth as 7 semitones, but as 5 diatonic steps amounting to 7 semitones. Or so
> I guess…
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> Best, Simon