Re: Transposing pitches in the lilypond file itself?

[Mark Knoop]

You might be interested in python-ly 
(https://python-ly.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) which is actually written by the 
Frescobaldi developers and used within it.

This provides a command-line tool that can do transposition (and more) and 
shouldn't be too hard to use from within Emacs.

At 05:06 on 12 Jan 2022, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:
> Thanks, Guy.
>
> I use the Linux Emacs editor (which has a lilypond mode), and there might be 
> something there, but I was just after a little advice - I have used 
> Frescobaldi, but for me Emacs is faster and more efficient.
>
> cheers,
> Alasdair
>
> On Wednesday 12 January 2022 16:03:58 (+11:00), Guy Stalnaker wrote:
> > Alasdair,
> >
> > Though it may not match your use, Frescobaldi, the LilyPond Editor, can do this using one 
> > of its built-in features. In essence you specify the interval to transpose when selecting 
> > the feature, e.g., "c d" would transpose up a major 2nd.
> >
> > Many on this list use other editors, but personally I cannot imagine writing 
> > Lilypond without Frescobaldi given its features. For your purpose, it might be 
> > worth an install simply to use the transpose feature?
> >
> > If there are other ways of doing this in other editors, I'm sure list 
> > subscribers will chime in.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > --
> >
> > “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of 
> > human existence.”
> >
> > ― Aristotle
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 10:27 PM Alasdair McAndrew <amca01@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'm not quite sure how to search online for this, hence my asking here. I'm 
> > > doing a little bit of arranging of some baroque pieces for specific 
> > > instruments, which usually requires some transposition. I can transpose within 
> > > the lilypond file so that the output score has the correct (transposed) notes, 
> > > but what I really want is to have the transposed notes in the lilypond file 
> > > itself. This means I can print out the score without needing to transpose 
> > > anything. So basically I want to change an input from, say \transpose c,f {c d 
> > > e f}
> > >
> > > to simply
> > >
> > > {f g a bf}
> > >
> > > In other words, I want the transposition in the file itself, not just in the 
> > > typeset output. Is there a way of doing this - maybe with an external command 
> > > (I'm using Linux)?
> > >
> > > Thank you very much,
> > > Alasdair
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Mark Knoop