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RE: Double-flats used by Lilypond after transpose
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Jonathan Clarke |
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RE: Double-flats used by Lilypond after transpose |
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Wed, 1 Aug 2007 14:10:28 +0100 |
Ah that does look quite useful, thanks!
-----Original Message-----
From: Ole Schmidt [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: 01 August 2007 13:32
To: Jon; address@hidden
Subject: Re: Double-flats used by Lilypond after transpose
see also:
http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=136
maybe that helps
best
ole
Am 01.08.2007 um 12:20 schrieb Jon:
> Hi there guys,
>
> 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.
>
> Is there a way to get around this problem - maybe to stop Lilypond
> from using
> doubleflats? Annoyingly, if I re-write my G as F-doublesharp it
> gets printed
> out as an A-natural when transposed - but I don't want to have to
> write my g as
> fss all the time as that will make working out what i've written a
> whole lot
> harder!
>
> Below is some code which should cause this problem for you too!
>
> Besides this I would just like to say: great work - I'm really
> impressed with
> Lilypond. Thanks! Jon
>
>
>
> \include "english.ly"
>
> sopranosax = \relative c'' {
> \set Staff.instrumentName = "Soprano Sax"
> \clef treble
> \key e \major
> \time 4/4
>
> g4 f4
> }
>
> \score {
> \new Staff = "Soprano sax" { \transpose e gf \sopranosax}
>
> \layout {
> \context {
> \Score
> }
> }
> }
>
>
>
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