Re: [gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general] Re: Transposing instruments

[David Kastrup]

Benkő Pál <address@hidden> writes:

> all,
>
> 2013/1/30 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>>
>> Ok, sorry for the bottom quote, but I'd like to get the context into the
>> developer list.
>>
>> Shouldn't we have a command
>>
>> \transposing f { ... }
>>
>> (better naming suggestions welcome) that does transposition and Midi
>> correction in lockstep?  Is anybody willing to count how _often_ this
>> question pops up, and how often people get confused trying to get score
>> and Midi to look and sound right?
>>
>> It is not all that hard to explain, but it is one thing that new users
>> and helpful experienced users should not be wasting hours with.  And
>> make no mistake, they are.
>
> I think we have to keep the two parameters to distinguish between
> transposing written c' to sounding f (standard horn notation in treble clef)
> or f' (standard horn notation in bass clef).

Wouldn't that be covered by using
\transposing f (notation in treble clef, written c' is f) vs
\transposing f' (notation in bass clef, written c' is f') ?

-- 
David Kastrup