Re: wrong transposition of horn

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> > clef.
> 
> Sigh.  It seems that I'm not able to write what I really want.
> Another try.  I know that I can tune the clefs, but this isn't my
> problem.  Please concentrate on the process of transposing!  All music
> I enter in LilyPond is written as it sounds, including Horn (so I
> basically write Horn in C).  This is fine for the full score, and
> indeed almost all full scores from today are scores in C.  For
> creating the horn parts, I use
> 
>   \transpose f c'
> 
> to get a horn part in F, and here is the problem: Horn parts converted
> to bass clef are written a fifth higher, but according to the
> classical rules it should be a fourth lower.  My suggested property
> controls \transpose, not the clefs: Notes found in bass clef should be
> transposed an octave down additionally.

I disagree. The thing which needs special handling is the notation,
and not the sounding pitches. This means that you are looking for a
way to introduce special clef ("oldstylehornbassclef") that alters the
notation, and that this clef is only to be used in the horn-part, not
in the score.

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