Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 46, Issue 78

[Magnus Lewis-Smith]

Hi Catalin

Try also looking at the \transposition command (as opposed to 
\transpose) which affects midi only.  Section 8.2.6 of the manual 
(lilypond v2.8) at 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.8/Documentation/user/lilypond.html#Instrument-transpositions

Cheers
Magnus

> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:06:46 -0700 
> From: "Catalin Francu" <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Transposing tenor an octave down in midis
> To: address@hidden
>
> Please disregard my question -- I've managed to find the answer
> (but I swear I googled for at least an hour before I asked here).
> I just have to set \clef "G_8" and transpose the score down one
> octave for tenors. Sorry for the disturbance :)
>
> Catalin
>
> On 9/25/06, Catalin Francu <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm typesetting some choral music. It is written in four staves, SATB,
> > with the S, A and T staves in the G clef and the B staff in the base
> > cleff. The problem is that when I generate the midi from that score,
> > the tenor is sung as written, which is one octave too high. Therefore
> > the midi sounds wrong, the tenor overtakes the soprano all the time.
> > I'm attaching the relevant .ly files (the main one is
> > sfinte_dumnezeule_1.ly)
> >
> > Can I somehow tell the \midi block to transpose the tenor score one
> > octave below what is written? Or maybe there exists a midi instrument
> > that plays the score one octave below, like a bass instrument?
> >
> > This is Romanian music and I've seen this format a lot, with tenor
> > written in the treble clef. Also, I'm trying to stay close to the
> > printed music so I wouldn't want to use the tenor clef.
> >
> > Thanks (and thanks for Lilypond!),
> > Catalin
> >
> > PS -- Please don't comment on everything else that's wrong with my
> > score, I'm very new to Lilypond :)