Re: Transposing an entire score

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On 07/11/17 19:13, Flaming Hakama by Elaine wrote:
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>     Subject: Transposing an entire score
>     I have a piece of choral music written in 7 parts. It's around 80
>     bars long.
>     It's in the key of F major, which is too low for my choir.
>     I'd like to transpose it up 3 semitones to A flat major.
>     I'm new to Lilypond and the syntax gives me nightmares. I read the
>     manual's section on transposing and now have a headache.
>     Please could someone either give me an idiot's guide to how to do
>     this, or amend the enclosed.
> 
> 
> Looks like all you'll need to do is change one file:
> parts/01-ego_flos_campi.ly <http://01-ego_flos_campi.ly>
> 
> replace all instances of  "\relative" with "\transpose a, c \relative"
> 
> For example,
> 
> quintaParsIincipit = \transpose a, c \relative c' {
>     \time 2/2
>     \clef "petrucci-c1"
>     \key f \major
> 
>     f1
> }
> 
> 
> I've attached such a version of that file.
> 
I would NEVER do that.

Especially as a trombonist (so my music is a mix of concert and Bb) I
*always* have all my music variables in concert pitch.

If I need to transpose anything, I transpose at the score level - well
away from my music. It's just not worth the confusion when trying to
keep track of what's where.

For example, I'm currently taking choral parts and arranging for brass -
I really don't have to want to worry about whether the notes are the
original choir parts or transposed for some instrument or another.

Cheers,
Wol