Re: Best Practices for file structures, score and parts

[Anthonys Lists]

On 02/10/2015 08:58, N. Andrew Walsh wrote:
> do I enter the transposing instruments into the score in concert pitch 
> or transposed? Can Frescobaldi (my editor of choice) take an entire 
> Voice and transpose it into concert pitch after I've edited, or should 
> I enter the content in concert pitch (transposing back into C on the 
> fly as I type)?
Playing trombone as I do, I get parts in any combination of bass clef, 
tenor clef, or treble/Bf. I need some sort of convention to avoid 
getting messed up, and the obvious one for me is:

All parts are entered as variables. All parts are copied in in the pitch 
they are written. All parts are wrapped in a transpose to make the 
variable concert pitch. So the notes are entered as either

voiceTromboneI = \transpose c' bf { c e g }

or

voiceTromboneI = \transpose c' c' { bf d f }

When outputting a treble clef part I can then do the following no 
problem ...

\transpose bf c' \voiceTromboneI

Cheers,
Wol