Re: transpose for baritone sax

[Tim McNamara]

Read up on \transpose which should do what you want, combined with octaves.

> On Sep 26, 2019, at 7:33 PM, Francesco Petrogalli <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have written a part using the orchestral pitch (real note) of an
> instrument, the baritone sax (and other instruments, like trumpets,
> alto, and so on).
> 
> All the parts are rendered with the real notes, so that I can listen
> to the midi and check the music on the piano easily (I am no good at
> transposing on the fly).
> 
> Now I need to produce the parts for the single instruments with the
> correct transposition, but keeping the same pitch in the midi.
> 
> Is there already a facility to do so, say a function that I can place
> in front of a music sequence and get it transposed for saxophone? or
> do I have to come up with my own?
> 
> I understand that the correct way of doing this is first write the
> notes in the tonality of the instrument, and _then_ use \transposition
> to get the correct pitches in the midi, but I already have the notes
> in the ly file with the orchestral pitch and I would like to avoid
> rewriting the whole part.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Francesco
> 
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