Re: transposing instruments

[Kieren Richard MacMillan]

Hello, Fodor:

> I have a practical question about transposing instruments,
> perhaps you have some experience.

Here's my opinion, from the perspective of:

1. Copyist -- enter the "concert" (i.e., sounding) pitch, to make it 
easier to enter and reuse material
2. Conductor -- where possible, give the conductor the choice of having 
a "c-score" or a "transposed" score; where no request is given or 
available, supply a c-score and notate the choice clearly on the score
3. Performer -- obviously, the part should be in the "played" pitch 
(i.e., using \transpose)

> (My first guess is that the latter is better, because this way I can 
> easily
> put that to other [...] instruments, I just have to remove the 
> transpose)

Correct!

Hope this helps,
Kieren.