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Re: Double-flats used by Lilypond after transpose
From: |
Toine Schreurs |
Subject: |
Re: Double-flats used by Lilypond after transpose |
Date: |
Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:58:32 +0200 (MZT) |
The transposition of the instrument does not depend on the key of the
music. On a B-flat sax a written C sounds as a B-flat. That's all the
information
you need.
So use \transpose bf c' {the music}
And indeed, key E-major goes to F-sharp-major. The original transposition
from E-major to G-flat-major implies an A-sharp saxophone.
Toine Schreurs
> > I've been writing out a part for B-flat sax. I've written out the music in
> > concert pitch and so am using \transpose to display it in the right key for
> > the
> > B-flat sax. The part I'm writing is in E-major when in concert pitch, so
> > this
> > becomes G-flat-major when transposed for the B-flat instrument.
> >
> > The problem I'm having is that Lilypond is choosing to use double flats for
> > a
> > number of particular notes when it prints out the B-flat part. For example,
> > if
> > I write a G or an F in the concert part (which is in E-major) these get
> > written
> > out as B-doubleflat and A-doubleflat respectively, in the B-flat instrument
> > part, instead of as A-natural and G-natural, which would be easier to read
> > in
> > my opinion.
> >
>
> The other option would be to transpose the piece into F-sharp major, which
> would (I presume) get rid of the double accidentals and be more
> (technically) correct.