Re: \transposition question

[Jacques Menu Muzhic]

So <diatonic> helps forcing the use of the « simplest » pitch, while I thought 
it was used to help forcing the use of the enharmonic one. Now I understand.

Thanks Simon for this enlightenment, and a nice day!

JM

> Le 1 sept. 2017 à 12:31, Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> a écrit :
> 
> On 01.09.2017 12:09, Jacques Menu Muzhic wrote:
>> Hello Simon,
>> 
>> The 7 semitones are there anyways, since the <chromatic> markup is mandatory…
> 
> Of course it is, else you’d never know if it’s horns in F or in F# (yes, 
> there is such a thing). But in addition you have the information that it’s 5 
> diatonic steps.
> 
> Best, Simon
> 
>> 
>> JM
>> 
>>> Le 1 sept. 2017 à 10:23, Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> a écrit :
>>> 
>>> On 01.09.2017 09:35, Jacques Menu Muzhic wrote:
>>>> But then, why is the <diatonic> markup present in MusicXML?
>>> A few days ago, in the Music Engraving Tips forum on Facebook, we had a 
>>> discussion about why Čaikovskij spells what sounds a B major chord in the 
>>> Horns in F as <fis bes cis>. In short: A# is very uncomfortable to play for 
>>> horns, horns don’t use any written key signature anyway, etc. My point here 
>>> is: MusicXML wants to avoid such enharmonic respellings by not specifying a 
>>> fifth as 7 semitones, but as 5 diatonic steps amounting to 7 semitones. Or 
>>> so I guess…
>>> 
>>> Best, Simon
>