Re: odd bar check errors

[Wim van Dommelen]

On 13 May 2013, at 17:06 , Sarah k Alawami wrote:

> Ok. so do I have to put the right keys in at least not everything in  
> g major after the transpose line? I did read the manual but me being  
> a singer and I can only transpost by ear it kind of makes thing  
> sharder. I used to be able to do this but 5 years out of practice is  
> not fun. *fronws*

If you use \transpose then LilyPond will do it for you. Just use \key  
g \major in the notes piece (in concert-pitch) and when you are at the  
point of transposing put the brackets of \transpose around the whole  
instrument piece. Then both the notes AND the key are transposed in  
one go. You don't have to specify the key again.

> Ok so for the clarinet part instead of g  major since it reads a  
> half step lower then what I hear it would have to be f major or 1  
> flat correct?

No, if the piece is in g major (concert pitch), it will have to be  
written in a major for the clarinet, written one full step higher. If  
you use a clarinet in B-flat of course! For example your very first  
note for the clarinet part is a d in concert-pitch, it should become  
an e for the clarinet. Same for the regular trumpet, that is also an  
instrument in B-flat.

> and the horn in f it would have to be c major if I calculated my  
> keys and directions right.

Assuming you have a horn in F, you do \transpose f c' { ..... } and  
the key for the horn part should transpose into d major.

Regards,
Wim.