Re: probematic transposition

[waterhorse]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:58:03 +0000, David Bobroff <address@hidden>
wrote:
> I've got a piece in Eb major with a section in E major.  For the 
> instrumentation involved it will almost certainly be necessary to 
> transpose it all down a minor 3rd due to the range in some of the 
> parts.  The Eb section comes out in C which is just fine but the E major

> ends up in C# major which is not so convevient.  Db would be much easier

> to read.  Is there a straightforward way to accomplish having the Eb 
> section in C and the E section in Db?

Not as easy but I break music like that (just the one part) into pieces. 
It's easy enough 
to put the pieces back together with { \piece1 piece2 } and { \transpose x
y \piece1 \transpose a b \piece2 }

Paul Scott