Re: clef transposition: tenor -> bass

[Stephen]

From: "Roman" <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:06 AM


> Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> > > Okay, but my problem is, that a C in tenor clef isn't a C in bass clef 
> > > and I don't know how a transposition between them needs to be!?
> > Of course a C is a C, no matter what clef you use.
> Okay, that's true, but I thought of a C in a bass clef and a C in a tenor 
> clef aren't located on the same line...
>
> > I still think that you are confusing things with the issue of transposing 
> > instruments,
> > see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposing_instrument. I'm not an 
> > expert in
> > brass instruments, but according to that article, trombones read at 
> > concort pitch,
> > i.e. they are not transposing.
> That's true, but for those players that can't "read" tenor clef, I have to 
> write it into bass clef, which is more common in trombone sections and can 
> be read from all players
>
> The following staff should afterwards have a bass clef with all the notes 
> on the appropriate interspace/line, so that it can be read from players 
> that can only "read" bass clef!! How can I reach this?
>
> staffTrombone1 = {
>    \key c \major
>    \clef tenor
>    \relative c' {
>        c d es f     ...
>    }
> }
>
> \book {   \score {
>        \staffTrombone            \layout  {  indent = 0\mm }
>    }
> }

If the trombonists use the bass clef, but the sounds an octave higher, this 
is how you write that:

staffTrombone = {
   \key c \major
   \clef bass
   \transposition c''
   \transpose c c, { \relative c' {
       c d es f
   } }
}

\book {
   \score {
       \staffTrombone
       \layout  {  indent = 0\mm }
       \midi {  }
   }
}

Try compiling the example before making any comments.

Stephen

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